Today would have been Diane Keaton's 80th birthday. The Hollywood icon left an impact on millions of fans, and those closest to her are remembering the legacy she left behind. Today, Sarah Paulson revealed she got a deeply personal and permanent tribute in her honor.
© GettyOn Monday, the 51-year-old actress shared a gallery with two photos. The first slide was a photo of them looking out into the ocean with a beautiful sunset in the background. “You would have been 80 today,” Paulson began. The actors met while filming the 1999 movie The Other Sister.
The second was her small but powerful "DK" on her wrist, with an emotional message in the caption about the love, laughter, and years they shared together. “Too many deep feelings to put here… I was the luckiest person in the world to have traveled, laughed so hard we cried, watched a million and one movies, really cried, and eaten French fries with you. You. You. Wondrous, singular, YOU. I will miss you till the end of time.”
She also shared a special shout-out to tattoo artist Daniel Winter, calling it a “forever reminder” of one of her “forever people.”
© Alberto E. RodriguezWinter is a celebrity artist who has tatted stars like Jessica Alba and Mark Wahlberg. He shared his own selfie smiling with Paulson. “You are an incredible friend!” he wrote. “What you did for your people in time of heavy grief was just Amazing! Happy I got to share that moment with you.”
Sarah Paulson mourns her friend
© GettyKeaton died on October 11, 2025, at age 79. "The 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," the family said in a statement to PEOPLE.
Many stars, like Leonardo DiCaprio and Paulson has spoken about publicly in recent months. At The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Gala, she shared a few of Keaton’s voicemails and texts with the audience.
© Getty“As usual, your voicemail is full. What makes you so f****ng popular?” Paulson read. "You are impossible to contact. I’m going to talk to Holland [Taylor] about you," Keaton continued, referring to Paulson's husband. "First of all, you remain unreachable by phone. What the f**k are you doing?"
Fighting back tears, Paulson also read an email she wishes she could still send. “Dear dumb-dumb, I want to tell you I’m sorry that voicemail was always full,” she said. “I want to tell you I’m sorry I wasn’t available every time you called me. I want to tell you how much crummier the world is without you in it.”
She echoed that sentiment again at the All’s Fair Los Angeles premiere in December, telling Access Hollywood, “But all I can say … which is important to me to communicate [is that] what you thought she was as a performer, she was even more spectacular as a human being.”
