Diane Keaton's Collaborator Recalls Recording Her 1st Single: 'Beautiful Job'

Diane Keaton is known mostly for her work on the big screen, but songwriter Carole Bayer Sager had the chance to foster another one of the late actress’ talents: singing. In an interview with People on Monday, October 13, Sager, 81, opened up about her time collaborating with Keaton — who died at age 79 on Saturday, October 11 — on her first and only solo single, “First Christmas.” The song was cowritten with Jonas Myrin and released in November 2024. “I was just playing the song for my husband [Robert A. Daly, Board of Directors Chair at the American Film Institute]. We were listening to her