Diane Keaton ‘Was Funny Right Up Until the End’ in Her Final Days: Source (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton was “humorous proper up till the top,” an in depth good friend of the Oscar winner says.

Keaton, who died on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 79, was “one in one million,” her good friend tells PEOPLE. “She lived precisely how she needed to, which was on her personal phrases, surrounded by the individuals and issues she actually cherished.”

“Being within the highlight wasn’t necessary” to the First Wives Membership star, the supply continues, including that she cherished her dwelling and her beloved golden retriever, Reggie. Keaton’s canine was featured in her closing Instagram submit, published in April to mark National Pet Day.

“Diane at all times had a really sturdy sense of who she was and the way she needed to dwell,” her good friend, a movie government, tells PEOPLE. “In these previous couple of years, she saved an in depth circle and he or she favored it that means. She was humorous proper up till the top and he or she had this manner of constructing even unusual moments really feel particular. That was simply who she was.”

Bette Midler, who starred with Keaton in First Wives Membership, additionally recognized Keaton’s originality in her tribute.

“She was hilarious, an entire authentic, and fully with out guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have anticipated from such a star,” Midler wrote. “What you noticed was who she was…oh, la, lala!”

Keaton died at 79 in California, PEOPLE confirms. “There aren’t any additional particulars obtainable presently, and her household has requested for privateness on this second of nice disappointment,” a spokesperson for the actress instructed PEOPLE.

The star rose to fame within the Seventies, due to her efficiency in Francis Ford Coppola’s first two Godfather movies and her shut collaborations with Woody Allen. Her efficiency because the title character in Annie Corridor (1977) earned her a Greatest Actress Oscar and established her popularity as a trendsetter each on and off the display.

Keaton additionally steadily labored with screenwriter Nancy Meyers. They first labored collectively on Child Increase in 1987 and joined forces once more on the 1991 remake of Father of the Bride, its 1995 sequel, the 2003 smash hit Something’s Gotta Give and at last within the 2020 Netflix brief, Father of the Delight Half 3(ish). 

In 2024, Keaton made her closing movie appearances in Arthur’s Whisky and Summer Camp. She is survived by her children, Dexter Keaton, 29, and Duke Keaton, 25.