A STAR REMEMBERED

Stars Pay Tribute to Diane Keaton: ‘A Complete Original’

Actresses from Bette Midler to Viola Davis paid homage to the Oscar winner.

Diane Keaton, who died in California at the age of 79 on Saturday, is being remembered by numerous Hollywood stars. Her First Wives Club co-star, Bette Midler, shared a black-and-white image of Keaton on Instagram, along with a caption calling her a “complete original.” She added, “I cannot tell you how unbearably sad this makes me.” Another of Keaton’s co-stars, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, who portrayed Keaton’s daughter in the Father of the Bride film series, also remembered her in an Instagram post. She captioned two images of the pair on screen together, “Diane, working with you will always be one of the highlights of my life.” Viola Davis shared a clip of Oscar-winning star singing her song “First Christmas.” She wrote, “No!! No!!! No!! God, not yet, NO!!! Man… you defined womanhood." Rosie O’Donnell wrote on Instagram that Keaton’s death “breaks my heart.” Octavia Spencer also paid tribute to the Annie Hall star on Instagram, whom she called “a true original.” Keaton is survived by her two children, daughter Dexter, 29, and son Duke, 25.