Actress Goldie Hawn has shared a stirring tribute to Diane Keaton, who passed away on Oct. 11.
Hawn, who starred with Keaton in the 1996 hit film The First Wives Club, took to Instagram to pen a touching tribute to the late actress.
“Diane, we aren’t ready to lose you,” wrote Hawn. “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.”
“You stole the hearts of the world and shared your genius with millions, making films that made us laugh and cry in ways only you could,” Hawn continued. “I was blessed to make First Wives Club with you, our days starting with coffee in the makeup trailer, laughing and joking, right through to the very last day of filming. It was a roller coaster of love.”
“We agreed to grow old together, and one day, maybe live together with all our girlfriends. Well, we never got to live together, but we did grow older together,” Hawn concluded. “Who knows… maybe in the next life. Shine your fairy dust up there, girlfriend. I’m going to miss the hell out of you. My heart goes out to your beautiful children, Dex and Duke.”
Keaton passed away on Oct. 11 in California at the age of 79. She was an Academy Award-winning actress who had her breakthrough role in The Godfather in 1972. She’d go on to star in classic films like Annie Hall, Something’s Gotta Give, and Father of the Bride,
Speaking to People about her relationship with Keaton, songwriter Carole Bayer Sager recalled being surprised at how “thin” the actress looked shortly before her death. “I saw her two or three weeks ago, and she was very thin," Sager said. "She had lost so much weight."
"She had to go to Palm Springs because her house had been damaged inside, and they had to clean everything," continued Sager. "She was down there for a while, and when she came back, I was kind of stunned by how much weight she'd lost."
Sager continued on, calling Keaton a “magic light for everyone.”
"I just loved her,” added Sager. “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’s cause of death has yet to be publicly disclosed.