In the final months before her passing, Diane Keaton’s health reportedly took a rapid decline. At 79, the actor kept her health struggles mostly private, though there were indications that all was not well. Friends observed her significant weight loss, and speculation arose that she might have listed her cherished home for sale due to these health issues.

Diane Keaton reportedly didn’t speak to many people about her health

The exact cause of Keaton’s death remains undisclosed, but Carole Bayer Sager, a friend of many years, sensed something was amiss during their last encounter.

“I met with her two or three weeks ago, and she appeared very thin,” Sager shared with People. “She had lost an alarming amount of weight.”

Sager mentioned that it had been some time since she last saw Keaton. The actor had temporarily relocated to Palm Springs after her California home suffered damage from wildfires.

“She moved to Palm Springs because her house needed repairs and cleaning due to the damage,” Sager explained. “She stayed there for a while, and upon her return, I was taken aback by the extent of her weight loss.”

Keaton reportedly only spoke to her close family members about her health.

“In her final months, she was surrounded only by her closest family, who chose to keep things very private,” a friend told People. “Even longtime friends weren’t fully aware of what was happening.”

On Oct. 11, news of Keaton’s death devastated her fans and peers alike. A source said her death felt very sudden.

“She declined very suddenly, which was heartbreaking for everyone who loved her,” they said. “It was so unexpected, especially for someone with such strength and spirit.”

Diane Keaton put her house on the market amid health problems, said a source

Just months before her death, Keaton put her California home on the market. She purchased the house in 2017 and extensively renovated it; she even wrote a book about it called The House That Pinterest Built. Keaton said she’d always struggled to put down roots, but she found it easy in this house, describing it as her “dream home.”

Keaton listed the home for $29 million just 8 years after completing renovations. Just two weeks before her death, however, she took the house off the market.

Her friends and peers have commemorated her after her death 

News of Keaton’s death was met with an outpouring of tributes from her friends and collaborators. 

“Diane, we aren’t ready to lose you,” Keaton’s longtime friend Goldie Hawn wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post. “You’ve left us with a trail of fairy dust, filled with particles of light and memories beyond imagination. How do we say goodbye? What words can come to mind when your heart is broken? You never liked praise, so humble, but now you can’t tell me to ‘shut up’ honey. There was, and will be, no one like you.”

“It’s hard to believe…or accept…that Diane has passed,” wrote Jane Fonda in an Instagram post. “She was always a spark of life and light, constantly giggling at her own foibles, being limitlessly creative…in her acting, her wardrobe, her books, her friends, her homes, her library, her world view. Unique is what she was. And, though she didn’t know it or wouldn’t admit it, man she was a fine actress!”

Other stars, including Robert De Niro, Mark Ruffalo, Viola Davis, and Bette Midler, have praised and mourned Keaton.