Diane Keaton lived a full life before her untimely death in October 2025 . The "Annie Hall" actor conquered the film industry with a fury, redefining female archetypes and style in Hollywood for nearly six decades. But after solidifying her overwhelming success in the industry, she became a mother. Keaton's parenthood blossomed later in her life, when she adopted her two children, daughter Dexter and son Duke , in her 50s. One of her biggest concerns about motherhood was her age.
"I adopted my children at 50. That is probably too late because I worry I've got to be around for a while," she told Good Housekeeping in 2017 (via Daily Express ). In 2012, Keaton also admitted to AARP that her parents' early passings — her mother died of Alzheimer's in her 70s and her father died of br

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