{"id":129129,"date":"2025-10-18T00:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/129129\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T00:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T00:23:09","slug":"bette-midler-remembers-diane-keaton-as-so-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/129129\/","title":{"rendered":"Bette Midler Remembers Diane Keaton As &#8216;So Special&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bette Midler is reflecting on the loss of her friend and former co-star Diane Keaton. <\/p>\n<p>The pair, who starred alongside Goldie Hawn in the movie \u201cThe First Wives Club,\u201d shared a genuine bond, Midler said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI met her a long, long time ago. A girlfriend introduced me to her. I\u2019ve always adored her,\u201d Midler told Andy Cohen during a Thursday episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DP5KqYiEiW6\/?igsh=MWx3bjl1M3l1Mm0yZg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"\u201cWatch What Happens Live.\u201d \" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68f285f9e4b0787557684a2d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DP5KqYiEiW6\/?igsh=MWx3bjl1M3l1Mm0yZg%3D%3D\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cWatch What Happens Live.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was so unique, so special, so completely who she was,\u201d she continued, describing her as \u201cinimitable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to go home and try to do that style that she had,\u201d Midler confessed. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img landscape\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"Diane Keaton and Bette Midler attend the 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards on June 13, 1997, at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. \" width=\"720\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/68f286341600009d484840b8.jpeg\" \/>Diane Keaton and Bette Midler attend the 21st Annual Women in Film Crystal Awards on June 13, 1997, at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California. <\/p>\n<p>Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Midler described Keaton\u2019s fashion sense as \u201cgiddy,\u201d and added that \u201cno one came close\u201d to recreating it. She also said her friend had an \u201cextraordinary personality.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She went on to recall her time filming \u201cThe First Wives Club\u201d with Keaton and Hawn, who Midler said had her \u201ccrying with laughter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had so much on that show,\u201d she said. \u201cI think that was the most fun I\u2019ve ever had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/diane-keaton-cause-of-death_n_68f0b5b1e4b017d85b73fd63\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"statement released Thursday\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"68f285f9e4b0787557684a2d\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"68f0b5b1e4b017d85b73fd63\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"buzz\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement released Thursday<\/a>, Keaton\u2019s family revealed that the actor had died of pneumonia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Keaton family are very grateful for the extraordinary messages of love and support they have received these past few days on behalf of their beloved Diane, who passed away from pneumonia on October 11,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bette Midler is reflecting on the loss of her friend and former co-star Diane Keaton. 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