Actress Diane Keaton, known for her Oscar-winning performance in 1977's "Annie Hall" and her role in "The Godfather" films, has died at age 79.
Details were not immediately available, and Keaton's loved ones have asked for privacy, a family spokesperson told People, which confirmed that the actress died on Saturday in California.
Keaton was a frequent collaborator of director Woody Allen, portraying the titular character in "Annie Hall".
The film also garnered Oscars for best picture, best director, and best original screenplay, cementing Keaton's place as one of the industry's top actresses and an offbeat style icon as well.
The actress made her mark co-starring in eight Allen movies, from "Play It Again, Sam" (1972) to "Manhattan" (1979) and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" (1993).
Apart from the Allen cannon, fans adored her portrayal as Steve Martin's wife in the comedy "Father of the Bride," as the nervous and doting couple plan an extravagant wedding for their daughter.
Late in her career, Keaton starred in two movies about aging women: "Book Club" (2018), with its message that love has no age, and "Poms" (2019), the story of a terminally ill woman who moves to a retirement community to die, but winds up forming a cheerleading squad.
A BAFTA and Golden Globe winner, Keaton scored Oscar nominations three other times for best actress, for "Reds", "Marvin's Room", and "Something's Gotta Give."
In 2017, she was honoured with a Life Achievement Award by the American Film Institute, which called Keaton "unconventional, iconoclastic and left-of-centre."
"I feel so lucky to have spent any time with this marvellous woman, and I'm heartbroken that she is gone," said actress Andie MacDowell, who starred in "Unstrung Hero" (1995), one of a handful of films Keaton directed.
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As the Hollywood scandals detonated in late 2017, cascading from producer Harvey Weinstein to heavyweight actors like Kevin Spacey, old accusations of abuse against Allen resurfaced.
"Woody Allen is my friend and I continue to believe him," Keaton tweeted in January 2018.
Keaton said she had no "Me Too" complaints despite half a century in the film industry.
As for aging, Keaton said in the 2019 interview that life actually got easier.
"I think so, because what have you got to lose? It's like it's the truth. That's what it is. You face it, we talk about it," she said.
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