Diane Keaton’s final moments have been revealed in a 911 call as friends say she was ‘very thin’ in the days leading to her shock passing at 79.
Further evidence of the sudden nature of Keaton’s death emerged Sunday with the release of the 911 call that was made to emergency responders.
The recording, obtained Sunday by TMZ, reveals a dispatcher calling for the LA Fire Department to respond to reports of a ‘person down’ at Keaton’s home address shortly after 8 a.m. on Saturday.
The Oscar-winning actress was transported to a nearby hospital where she was later pronounced dead.
She had been with loved ones when she passed, a relative told the Associated Press, and the family requested privacy. No further details have been released.
But close friends of the Annie Hall, Father of the Bride and The First Wives Club star recall how she had become increasingly reclusive in the past year with one longtime friend, the songwriter Carole Bayer-Sager, remarking how shockingly thin Keaton had become before her shock death.
Emergency responders rushed to Diane Keaton’s home Saturday morning following a 911 call for a ‘person down’ at the residence, accrrding to a dispatch recording obtained by TMZ Sunday
‘I saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin,’ Sager said. ‘She had lost so much weight.
Sager said that Keaton had spent some time this year picking up the pieces from the wildfires that ravaged Southern California in January – and her weight loss was clear throughout the emotional process.
‘She had to go to Palm Springs because her house has been damaged inside and they had to clean everything, Sager said. ‘She was down there for a while, and when she came back, I was kind of stunned by how much weight she’d lost.’
Keaton’s death was followed by emotional statements from Hollywood stalwarts such as Leonardo DiCaprio, Bette Midler, Francis Ford Coppola and a host of others.
DiCaprio called the Oscar-winning star ‘brilliant, funny and unapologetically herself,’ adding that ‘she will be deeply missed.’
Middler said of Keaton, ‘She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star.
‘What you saw was who she was…oh, la, lala!’
Coppola said in an Instagram post, ‘Words can’t express the wonder and talent of Diane Keaton.
The Godfather director added, ‘Endlessly intelligent, so beautiful…Everything about Diane was creativity personified.’
Keaton pictured at the TCL Chinese Theatre on August 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California
One of Keaton’s confidantes told People that the star’s health essentially fell off a cliff in recent months, ‘which was heartbreaking for everyone who loved her.”‘
Said the confidante: ‘She declined very suddenly. It was so unexpected, especially for someone with such strength and spirit.’
‘In her final months, she was surrounded only by her closest family, who chose to keep things very private. Even longtime friends weren’t fully aware of what was happening.’
