Diane Keaton’s ‘Book Club’ Costar Says Her Death ‘Hit Me Hard’

Diane Keaton’s Book Club costar Ed Begley Jr. exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about her shocking death at age 79. “I need to control my emotions,” a choked-up Begley, 76, told Us at the Environmental Media Association (EMA) Awards on Saturday, October 11. “I was extremely close to Diane. I loved her a lot.” The pair first starred together in the 1992 TV movie Running Mates, and more recently appeared in the hit 2018 romantic comedy Book Club, which made more than $100 million at the box office. Begley held his composure as he remembered Keaton for being “like a sister to me” and “a dear, de