Ed Begley Jr. Pays Tribute to His 'Wonderful' "Book Club" Costar Diane Keaton Following Her Death at 79 (Exclusive) Gabrielle Rockson, Nicole PajerOctober 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM 0 Jesse Grant/Getty; Pierre Suu/Getty Ed Begley Jr.
- - Ed Begley Jr. Pays Tribute to His 'Wonderful' "Book Club" Costar Diane Keaton Following Her Death at 79 (Exclusive)
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Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the EMA Awards in California on Saturday, Oct. 11, Ed Begley Jr. remembered his "wonderful" Book Club costar Diane Keaton
Revealing he saw her recently at a party for Jack Nicholson, Begley Jr. called her a "wonderful actress, a wonderful lady"
Keaton died in California on Saturday, Oct. 11 at the age of 79, PEOPLE confirmed
Ed Begley Jr. is remembering his late Book Club co-star Diane Keaton.
Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the EMA Awards in California on Saturday, Oct. 11, the actor, 76, opened up about his last memories of Keaton, who died in California on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the age of 79, PEOPLE confirmed.
"I saw her fairly recently at Jack Nicholson's birthday party, and it was good to see her there," Begley tells PEOPLE of Keaton's 2003 Something's Gotta Give costar. "She loved Jack Nicholson, as I do, and Jack loved her. So I don't mean to speak for him. I'm sure he's as devastated as I am by her loss."
Becoming emotional, he adds, "But yeah, she's a wonderful actress, a wonderful lady. I played her brother in an HBO film called Running Mates with Ed Harris. So I'm glad I knew her these many years."
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Diane Keaton and Ed Begley Jr. in 1992
Begley played the role of Chapman Snow alongside Keaton's Aggie Snow in 1992's Running Mates. He also starred as Tom in 2018's Book Club, with Keaton playing Diane.
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Other celebrities who have also paid tribute to the Annie Hall star include Steve Martin, who played Keaton's husband in 1991's Father of the Bride. Martin revealed the pair also worked together as acting students at Santa Ana College in southern California.
"This playbill is from a 1964 college production of Carousel. Diane "Hall" (Keaton) is the lead; I'm a stage hand," he captioned an Instagram post.
Keaton's First Wives Club costar Bette Midler called Keaton "beautiful and extraordinary" on Instagram
"She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star. What you saw was who she was…oh, la, lala," Midler continued.
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Diane Keaton speaks onstage at CinemaCon 2019 The State of the Industry and STXfilms Presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Meanwhile, Mary Steenburgen issued a statement to PEOPLE, writing: "Diane was magic. There was no one, nor will there ever be, anyone like her. I loved her and felt blessed to be her friend. My love to her family. What a wonder she was!!!"
"oh this breaks my heart - love to her children- what style what grace - she will be missed #ripdianekeaton 😥💔," Rosie O'Donnell wrote in an Instagram post while Diane Kruger posted a smiling photo of Keaton wearing one of her signature hats and scarves with the simple caption: "💔."
Alongside a photo of Keaton in a stylish Gucci pantsuit and loafers, Elizabeth Perkins remembered the actress as "a national treasure."
Elsewhere, Reese Witherspoon tearfully remembered Diane Keaton as one of her most cherished mentors in Hollywood.
On Saturday, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) confirmed to PEOPLE that they responded to Keaton's home at 8:08 a.m. local time and transported a 79-year-old woman to a local hospital.
"There are no further details available at this time, and her family has asked for privacy in this moment of great sadness," a spokesperson told PEOPLE.
Keaton is survived by her daughter, Dexter and her son, Duke.
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