Diane Keaton died from pneumonia, in accordance with a brand new assertion from her household.
“The Keaton household are very grateful for the extraordinary messages of affection and help they’ve acquired these previous few days on behalf of their beloved Diane, who handed away from pneumonia on October eleventh,” reads a press release shared to PEOPLE.
The Oscar-winning actress passed away on Saturday, October eleventh, on the age of 79.
A supply instructed PEOPLE that Keaton’s well being declined “very out of the blue,” and he or she spent her closing months “surrounded solely by her closest household, who selected to maintain issues very non-public. Even longtime mates weren’t absolutely conscious of what was occurring.”
Her household asks that any donations made in her reminiscence be given to an area animal shelter or meals financial institution, explaining that she “liked her animals and he or she was steadfast in her help of the unhoused group.”
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