Diane Keaton attended Jack Nicholsons birthday…
Diane Keaton was the life of the social gathering until the very end.
The Oscar winner attended her “Something’s Gotta Give” co-star Jack Nicholson’s birthday bash before her death, according to her “Book Club” co-star Ed Begley Jr.
“I saw her fairly recently at Jack Nicholson’s birthday party, and it was good to see her there,” Begley Jr., 76, told People on Saturday, the day Keaton died at age 79.
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson at the “Something’s Gotta Give” photocall at the 54th Annual Berlinale International Film Festival in Feb. 2004. Getty Images
Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson current an award at the 2007 Oscars. Getty Images
Ed Begley Jr. attends the thirty fifth annual Environmental Media Awards Gala on October 11. Getty Images for The Environmental Media Association
“She loved Jack Nicholson, as I do, and Jack loved her,” Begley Jr. continued. “So I don’t mean to speak for him. I’m sure he’s as devastated as I am by her loss.”
Begley Jr. called Keaton “a wonderful actress” and “wonderful lady,” noting that they also performed siblings in the 1992 TV movie “Running Mates.”
“So I’m glad I knew her these many years,” he added.
Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton in “Something’s Gotta Give.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Keaton and Nicholson, who celebrated his 88th birthday on April 22, famously starred in “Something’s Gotta Give.” The 2003 rom-com, directed by Nancy Meyers, follows two professionals who fall in love later in life.
Nicholson hasn’t publicly reacted to Keaton’s death yet.
Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson attend the Los Angeles Philharmonic Concert Hall Gala in Los Angeles in October 2007. WireImage
Meyers, for her half, remembered the late actress in a heartfelt Instagram tribute on Monday.
“As a woman, I lost a friend of almost 40 years – at times over those years, she felt like a sister because we shared so many truly memorable experiences,” Meyers, 75, wrote. “As a filmmaker, I’ve lost a connection with an actress that one can only dream of.”
Nancy Meyers speaks onstage during the 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival. Getty Images for TCM
“She was fearless, she was like nobody ever, she was born to be a movie star, her laugh could make your day and for me, knowing her and working with her – changed my life,” the director added. “Thank you Di. I’ll miss you forever.”
In her 2011 memoir, “Then Again,” Keaton wrote that she initially thought “Something’s Gotta Give” can be a “doomed project,” but it ended up being her “favorite film.”
She also revealed that a test “with a lot of zeros arrived in the mail for my back-end percentage,” later studying that Nicholson gave her a portion of his share from the movie’s gross.
Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson in “Something’s Gotta Give.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton in the 2003 film “Something’s Gotta Give.” ©Columbia Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection
Amanda Peet, Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton at the 2004 Berlinale International Film Festival. Getty Images
Keaton, whose profession spanned more than half a century, died Saturday in California, her household confirmed. A trigger of death was not disclosed.
Friends of Keaton’s claimed her health “declined very suddenly” and she “lost so much weight” in the months main up to her death.
Diane Keaton at her handprint and footprint ceremony in Aug. 2022. Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images
Keaton was last seen publicly in late 2024 during a vacation buying journey.
After news of Keaton’s death broke, she was honored by her former co-stars like Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler, Steve Martin, Mandy Moore, Woody Allen and Leonardo DiCaprio.
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