ACTRESS Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79, a family spokesperson has confirmed.
She is best known for her roles in classic movies The Godfather, Manhattan and Annie Hall for which she won the Oscar for Best Actress in 1978.
A spokesperson on behalf of the Keaton family confirmed to PEOPLE that she died in California and that no further details are currently available.
Her family are asking for privacy at this time.
In a statement, they said: “There are no further details at this time, and her family are has asked for privacy in this moment of great sadness.”
She is survived by her two children Dexter, 29, and Duke Keaton, 25.
The actress’s lengthy career began on stage in the 1960s when she starred in the 1968 Broadway production of Hair.
In 2017, Keaton told People Magazine that she struggled with bulimia during this time, after the director told her she needed to lose weight.
She also overcame skin cancer aged just 21 after she was diagnosed with basal-cell carcinoma – the most common type of cancer.
The young star fought off the disease but again suffered with another form of cancer later in life in 2011.
However, not long after her Broadway debut she catapulted to fame, bagging numerous accolades along the way.
Just a year after Hair, Keaton was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in Woody Allen’s Play It Again, Sam.
In 1970 she broke into film with a role in Lovers and Other Strangers followed by a starring role in The Godfather, acting alongside Al Pacino.
It would be a role she would return to for both sequels in 1974 and 1990.
By 1977 she bagged an Academy Award for Best Actress in Woody Allen’s rom-com Annie Hall.
Many speculated that the movie was in fact based on the pair’s real-life relationship.
Keaton told The New York Times in 1977: “It’s not true, but there are elements of truth to it.”
She continued to collaborate with Allen throughout her career.
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