Diane Keaton's Secret Dementia Battle Exposed: Source Says Actress Suffered From Disease for 'Years' Before Death

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00:00Diane Keaton's secret dementia battle exposed.

00:03Source says actress suffered from disease for years before death.

00:08Diane Keaton's health woes are being exposed after her sad death at age 79.

00:13In a bombshell new report from NewsNation,

00:16multiple sources revealed that the Oscar-winning actress

00:19had been battling dementia for years before she lost her life on Saturday, October 11th.

00:25Diane Keaton, whose cause of death was listed as bacterial pneumonia,

00:28had not been seen publicly since April.

00:32According to NewsNation's senior story producer Paula Froelig,

00:35several sources close to the actress said her declining health had been a private struggle.

00:40She was battling it for years,

00:42one insider claimed of Keaton's alleged dementia diagnosis.

00:46Another on-set insider from Keaton's 2023 movie Maybe I Do,

00:51which was filmed in 2022,

00:53admitted the actress required an earpiece during production to be fed her lines.

00:56It was so sad, the source said.

01:00William H. Macy was very supportive,

01:02but it was also frustrating because if there was any stopping,

01:05a bathroom break, a meal, anything, it was back to square one.

01:08It was heartbreaking to watch.

01:10She was just so lovely.

01:12The use of an earpiece to assist with dialogue is a common trend in Hollywood for elderly actors,

01:17specifically for those struggling with cognitive conditions.

01:19Bruce Willis, whose frontotemporal dementia diagnosis was announced in February 2023,

01:26used this same method to be fed his lines while shooting his final films before retiring,

01:30including Out of Death, Assassin, and The Detective Knight.

01:34Diane Keaton revealed in her 2011 memoir,

01:37Then Again, that her mother, Dorothy Deanne,

01:40battled Alzheimer's disease,

01:42gradually losing her language and independence before passing in 2008.

01:46A 1993 journal entry from Deanne read,

01:50This is the day I heard I have the beginning of Alzheimer's disease.

01:53Scary.

01:55Keaton reflected on the emotional toll as her mother stopped recognizing her.

01:59Though Keaton reportedly kept her own dementia diagnosis private,

02:02she had previously spoken about struggles with bulimia and cancer.

02:06The Annie Hall actress is survived by her two children,

02:09Dexter, who was born in 1995,

02:11and Duke, who was born in 2000.

02:13So,

02:14I am pretty much

02:34I am

02:36the only one

02:37one

02:37two

02:38two

02:38three

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