{"id":79779,"date":"2025-10-14T11:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/79779\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T11:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:32:09","slug":"al-pacino-regrets-not-marrying-diane-keaton-after-her-death-at-79-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/79779\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Pacino regrets not marrying Diane Keaton after her death at 79: report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actress Diane Keaton dead at 79<\/a> <\/p>\n

Actress Diane Keaton shot to fame after starring in \u2018The Godfather\u2019 and collaborated with Woody Allen in \u2018Annie Hall.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Al Pacino<\/a> reportedly is having regrets about not marrying Diane Keaton now that the chance is gone.<\/p>\n

On Oct. 11, Keaton died at 79.<\/a> The actress’s family told People that they requested privacy and did not share any additional details on her death.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A close friend of Keaton’s told People that her health had rapidly declined prior to her passing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Diane Keaton dated her “Godfather” co-star Al Pacino. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“She declined very suddenly, which was heartbreaking for everyone who loved her,” a friend of the Oscar winner told People<\/a>. “It was so unexpected, especially for someone with such strength and spirit.”<\/p>\n

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“In her final months, she was surrounded only by her closest family, who chose to keep things very private. Even longtime friends weren\u2019t fully aware of what was happening,” the friend added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Looking back, Al admits the love of his life was Diane who he\u2019s always called, \u2018an amazing woman.\u2019 I know he will forever regret he didn\u2019t make his move when he had the chance.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2014 Source, Daily Mail\u00a0<\/p>\n

The news of Keaton’s death saddened many. Pacino allegedly has been having regrets about not proposing to Keaton after their off-and-on relationship that lasted nearly 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Looking back, Al admits the love of his life was Diane who he\u2019s always called, \u2018an amazing woman.\u2019 I know he will forever regret he didn\u2019t make his move when he had the chance,” a source close to the actor told the Daily Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Al Pacino and Diane Keaton attended the premiere party for “Sea of Love” in 1989. (Ron Galella, Ltd.\/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“For years after he and Diane split, Al used to say, \u2018if it\u2019s meant to be, it\u2019s never too late for a do-over.\u2019 But sadly, now it is,” the source continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pacino and Keaton were off-and-on from 1971 until they called it quits for good in 1987. The source told the outlet that although they lived minutes from one another in Beverly Hills, they did not stay in communication once their romantic relationship ended.<\/p>\n

“Though he and Diane both lived in Beverly Hills, only a few miles from each other, for years, they never spoke.”<\/p>\n

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Al Pacino and Diane Keaton in a scene from “The Godfather.” (Paramount Pictures\/courtesy of Getty Images)<\/p>\n

“I once asked him why, and he told me, ‘There’s no need to talk with each other. We said everything that needed to be said at the time,'” the source said.<\/p>\n

Although the pair didn’t stay in contact, Pacino honored Keaton at the American Film Institute\u2019s 45th lifetime achievement award in 2017.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re a great artist. I love you forever,” he told Keaton after she received her award, according to Vanity Fair.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Al Pacino spoke onstage during the American Film Institute’s 45th Life Achievement Award Gala Tribute to Diane Keaton in 2017. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Keaton and Pacino’s love story began after meeting on the set of “The Godfather,” where the actor starred as Michael Corleone and Keaton played his second wife, Kay.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Their relationship reportedly didn’t become romantic until after the movie wrapped filming. In recent years, the two have spoken out about the relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I was\u00a0mad for him. Charming, hilarious, a nonstop talker,” Keaton told\u00a0People<\/a>\u00a0in 2017. “There was an aspect of him that was like a lost orphan, like this kind of crazy idiot savant. And oh, gorgeous!”<\/p>\n

She told the outlet at the time that she gave Pacino an ultimatum when he wouldn’t commit to marriage. “I worked hard on that one. I went about it in not a perfect way,” Keaton told People<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

Although Keaton never married, she was involved with other A-list stars, including Woody Allen and Warren Beatty. She adopted her two children, Dexter and Duke, in her 50s and raised them alone.<\/p>\n

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Al Pacino as Michael Corleone and Diane Keaton as Kay Corleone in “The Godfather Part II. (FilmPublicityArchive\/United Archives via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Keaton had a pretty strong stance on staying unmarried, stemming from a moment in her childhood.<\/p>\n

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“I remember one day in high school, this guy came up to me and said, \u2018One day you\u2018re going to make a good wife.’ And I thought, I don\u2019t want to be a wife. No,” she told People<\/a> in 2019.<\/p>\n

However, Keaton told The Sunday Times<\/a> in 2017 that she considered marriage to Pacino.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t even want him to propose. I just thought maybe he would marry me, eventually. I thought, \u2018don\u2019t even propose \u2014 let\u2019s just do it.\u2019 But that never happened, and that is a blessing for both of us. It would have been a nightmare for him.”<\/p>\n

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Diane Keaton passed away this weekend at 79. (Raymond Hall\/GC Images)<\/p>\n

She continued, “We\u2019re very eccentric, he needed a woman that was going to take care of him, I needed a man who would take care of me \u2026 It was just very important that we left each other alone, said goodbye. But it wasn\u2019t my choice.”<\/p>\n

Pacino never said “I do” either<\/a>, but fathered four children \u2013 Julie Marie, twins Anton and Olivia, and Roman.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Al adores all his kids,” the source told Daily Mail. “And although he preferred living in New York, he also purchased a home in Los Angeles just so he could spend more time on the West Coast with his children who lived there.”<\/p>\n

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He mentioned his relationship with Keaton in his memoir, “Sonny Boy.” In the book, he wrote about the first time he went broke and Keaton came to his rescue. According to The Guardian,<\/a> Pacino wrote that following “The Godfather” and “Dog Day Afternoon,” he was “spending and not earning; I was putting out but I wasn\u2019t bringing in.”<\/p>\n

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Al Pacino reportedly went broke after filming “The Godfather.” (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Keaton accompanied Pacino to his lawyer’s office and yelled, “Do you know who he is?”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re going to tell me, \u2018Oh, he\u2019s an artist.\u2019 No. He. Is. An idiot. He\u2019s an ignoramus. When it comes to this, you\u2019ve got to take care of him.”<\/p>\n

Pacino’s representative did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to janelle.ash@fox.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actress Diane Keaton dead at 79 Actress Diane Keaton shot to fame after starring in \u2018The Godfather\u2019 and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":79780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[52065,93,61,60,270],"class_list":{"0":"post-79779","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-departed","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}