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Diane Keaton was a "consistent" SoulCycle rider years before her death, instructor Alba Verela exclusively tells PEOPLE

The Oscar-winning actress "would always sit all the way in the back" and afterward, "she would make sure to come up to me"

Keaton died on Saturday, Oct. 11, at the age of 79

Diane Keaton had an "endearing" message for her SoulCycle instructor every time the Oscar-winner took her "starstruck" coach's class.

The actress, who died Saturday, Oct. 11, at the age of 79 , was an avid SoulCycle rider years before her death, instructor Alba Verela tells PEOPLE.

A lifelong fan of Keaton's, Verela met the Annie Hall star in 2015 when Keaton took her Saturday 10 a.m. "SoulSurvivor" class at SoulCycle's studio in Santa Monica, Calif., for the first time.

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