A Farewell to Annie: Diane Keaton, the Enigmatic Muse of American Cinema, Leaves the Frame at 79
In the quiet hours of a Los Angeles morning, as the sun crept over the Hollywood Hills she once called home, Diane Keaton slipped away on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79. The news, first confirmed by People magazine, landed like the final fade-out of one of her most cherished Woody Allen collaborations—a poignant, unexpected close to a reel that had unspooled with such singular grace and wit for over five decades. For those of us who have spent lifetimes dissecting her performances frame by frame, this loss feels not just personal, but like the dimming of a projector light in an empty arthouse theater. Keaton wasn’t merely an actress; she was a walking, talking manifesto on vulnerability, eccentricity, and the quiet revolution of female agency on screen. Born Diane Hall on January 5, 1946, in Santa Ana, California, Keaton arrived in New York in the late 1960s […]