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.

00:04Source 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,

00:15multiple sources revealed that the Oscar-winning actress had been battling dementia for years

00:20before she lost her life on Saturday, October 11.

00:24Keaton, whose cause of death was listed as bacterial pneumonia,

00:27had not been seen publicly since April.

00:30According to NewsNation senior story producer Paula Froelich,

00:34several sources close to the actress said her declining health had been a private struggle.

00:38She was battling it for years, one insider claimed of Keaton's alleged dementia diagnosis.

00:44Another on-set insider from Keaton's 2023 movie Maybe I Do,

00:49which was filmed in 2022,

00:51admitted the actress required an earpiece during production to be fed her lines.

00:55It was so sad, the source said.

00:59William H. Macy was very supportive.

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

01:04a bathroom break, a meal, anything,

01:06it was back to square one.

01:08It was heartbreaking to watch.

01:09She was just so lovely.

01:11The use of an earpiece to assist with dialogue is a common trend in Hollywood for elderly actors,

01:16specifically for those struggling with cognitive conditions.

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

01:25used this same method to be fed his lines while shooting his final films before retiring,

01:31including Out of Death, Assassin, and The Detective Knight.

01:35Diane Keaton revealed in her 2011 memoir,

01:38then again, that her mother, Dorothy Diane,

01:41battled Alzheimer's disease,

01:43gradually losing her language and independence before passing in 2008.

01:47A 1993 journal entry from Diane read,

01:51This is the day I heard I have the beginning of Alzheimer's disease.

01:54Scary.

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

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

02:03she had previously spoken about struggles with bulimia and cancer.

02:06She survived by her two adopted children,

02:09Dexter, born 1995, and Duke, born 2000.