Yesterday, we reported that the Oscar-winning Hollywood star Diane Keaton had died on the morning of Saturday, October 11. Now, Keaton’s heartbreaking final moments have been revealed in a chilling 911 call.
Keaton’s 911 Call
TMZ has obtained heartbreaking 911 audio in which a dispatcher revealed that there was a “person down” in the early hours of Saturday morning.
“Rescue 19, person down,” the dispatcher can be heard saying before saying Keaton’s address.
Keaton was then rushed to a local hospital by the Los Angeles Fire Department. Indeed, paramedics arrived at her home at 8:08 AM on Saturday. They did everything they could to save Keaton, but sadly, she ultimately passed away. At the time of this writing, no cause of death has been revealed to the public.
Listen to the 911 call for yourself below.
Keaton’s Health Decline
A close friend of Keaton’s spoke out after her death to reveal that the Annie Hall actress’s health had declined rapidly over the past year.
“She declined very suddenly, which was heartbreaking for everyone who loved her,” a friend of the Oscar winner told People Magazine. “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,” the friend added. “Even longtime friends weren’t fully aware of what was happening.”
Grammy and Oscar-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, another close friend of Keaton’s, visited the former The Godfather star just a few weeks before she died. Sager was stunned by just how thin Keaton was during their final meeting.
“I saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin,” Sager lamented. “She had lost so much weight.”
“[Keaton] had to go to Palm Springs because her house had been damaged inside [from the L.A. wildfires], and they had to clean everything,” she continued. “She was down there for a while, and when she came back, I was kind of stunned by how much weight she’d lost.”
Despite her frailty at the end, Keaton was still “a magic light for everyone,” according to Sager.
“I just loved her,” the songwriter gushed. “She was so special, she just lit up a room with her energy, she was happy and upbeat and taking photographs of everything she saw. She was completely creative; she never stopped creating.”
Keaton Maintained Her Sense Of Humor
Yet another friend of Keaton’s said that The First Wives Club star “was funny right up until the end.”
“She lived exactly how she wanted to, which was on her own terms, surrounded by the people and things she really loved,” this friend stated. “In these last few years, she kept a close circle and she liked it that way. She was funny right up until the end and she had this way of making even ordinary moments feel special. That was just who she was.”
Keaton was a true legend, and there will never be another one like her. Though she never married, she is survived by two children as well as by countless friends and fans.
Rest in peace, Diane Keaton.