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In my world we aim for a century and it's always something gone wrong if we don't get past ninety.

I can tell you what went wrong with all my immediate ancestors who didn't make it past ninety and won't be surprised if I land among them. The odds are good I'll know near exactly what went wrong.

They just didn't make it to 100.
It's especially significant that my grandfather had Parkinson's Disease and my grandmother had heart issues.

The number of people who live well into their 80s and even 90s has become much larger in recent decades.

Of course, that’s for people in reasonably good health – unlike a certain 79-year-old we all know.

Except you.

You could tweak your first post for the literal minded.

... am 78, and still chuggin' along, though I'm not quite the Energizer Bunny I once was. It's weird being the same age as old people.

I work full time as prep cook and a lunch lady in a busy cafeteria after retiring from 50 years of nursing. I walk two miles a day. I go out with friends three to five nights a week for dinner or breakfast or cocktails. I fly around the country all by myself visiting family. I just returned from Hollywood California where we walked for blocks enjoying reading the star’s sidewalk signs and then had lunch at the Beverly Hills Hotel (Hotel California). A few months ago I was in Costa Rica zip lining in the rain forest.

So what have you done lately?

The next year was zip lining in the Amazon.

She tried to hide the pictures from me but I found them. She was also the person in Thailand who volunteered to lay on the ground with an elephant holding his foot over her head. That picture almost gave me a heart attack.

Every trip she went on I half-expected her not to return and she didn't tell me about ANY of these things. When I would find the pictures later on (YOU BUNGIE JUMPED OFF THAT RUSTY OLD BRIDGE??!!!!!) she would always say, "I didn't say anything because I know you would worry."

God only knows what else she did I never found out about.

She'd say "God's name is random chance" and that random chance is what took her out of this universe.

And she was a total bitch about it too, to her very last breath, bestowing upon me the title "son of a bitch."

I might complain to the god she conversed with about that, but my mom's mother was even worse. My great grandma, my grandmother's mother who died when I was sixteen was an actual Holy Terror.

You are a true inspiration to this 72 year old lady.

Just keep moving.

Will do!

I will be 79 next year as I prepare for my SECOND national (raw) powerlifting competition, next year in Chicago. I flew to Atlanta by myself for this year's competition - but I only got Silver in my age/weight division. Some 72 year old "kid" beat me!

Your point?

did not expect to live this long, but still going strong, albeit with aches and pains

My mother lived to 93 and wouldn't have died then had dhe not been exposed to pneumonia.

People age at different rates. I've seen people die of old age in their late 50s or still be going strong at100.

Women who were married off as little girls in their early teens were often dead of yearly childbirth leading to premature old age by the time they were 30.

So you might want to rethink that post. "Extreme old age" doesn't have a set number attached to it.

Having said that, I have to say everything over our three score and ten is gravy. I don't know Keaton's COD but it could have been a sudden one affecting someone who was still active and enjoying her life or it could have been a slow one

I thought her best work was her portrayal of Louise Bryant in "Reds."

RIP and thanks.

I am happier than I've ever been before, although to be honest, I've been pretty damned happy since become my wife's lover 41 years ago. I was, therefore, pretty happy in my 30's and 40's as well.

The orange pedophile in the White House wouldn't know what happiness is, I think. He's an old senile crank nowhere near to Ms. Keaton in her old age.

His age is showing, but unlike mine, not in a good way.

But these days you have to imagine they are certainly in a better place than Satan’s playground and his cult.
I no longer fear death, under this regime an early one seems inevitable, and they wanna make what’s left miserable as it could possibly be.
Think I will just Binge watch a lot of her craft and find a happy minute or two.
Thank you Diane for the gift you left us.

She was a very unique actor and allowed herself to age in front of the camera which is highly unusual for most Hollywood people, especially women.

Again We are blessed to have her on film so she will
Always be with us.

PEOPLE can confirm the legendary actress died in California. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson.

https://people.com/diane-keaton-dead-oscar-winning-actress-dies-at-79-exclusive-8603118

She was in The Godfather and Looking for Mr Goodbar in the 70s. I always loved that scene of her arguing with Michael Corleone.

What a scene. Both Pacino and Keaton were so good. The way she reveals it…and his reaction. It’s crazy to think how relevant it still is. She was very talented.

Two of the greatest movies of all time.

The third wasn’t a terrible movie per se, but it didn’t really match up in any way, so the less said the better. Just felt like a money grab.

to be part of this "Sicilian" thing. Up till then you really don't hear her criticize the Family.

...III light-years behind the other 2.
So, we completely agree on the best in series.

created the impression for me of her being very likable and funny. Somehow am feeling this news more than about others of more exposure, aside from the generic mortality of everybody and everything.

back in the Goodbar time I didn't know who she was and was paying more attention to the whole thing. And, unlike the entire universe, never cared for the whole Mafia craze and paid little attention to it and anybody in it. And ALLEN, unlike the entire universe, wasn't attracted to his whole shtick, then was grossed that she was in a relationship with him, then later the whole Mia episode put him on my complete zero list.

So I'm left, about her, basically with her chat show appearances. I know who she was - classy, funny, ingratiating.

Loved her smile. She seemed so down to earth.

Her kids are in their 20's since she adopted in her 50's, feel for them since they had no dad.

I always enjoyed watching her.

Glad she was able to appear in some genuinely immortal films. People will be watching and appreciating her dramatic skills, 100 years from now.

I was obsessed with that when I was ten years old. That's how I thought of her for years - a hippie, singing about things like air pollution - and her career after that came as a surprise to me.

Neurosis became my superpower and I no longer was afraid to let it show.

Rest in peace, Diane, you will be missed and long remembered.

Richard Gere's character tells her that it was made into a movie.

Tom Berenger as the killer, Richard Gere as some guy in a bar - but to them Diane Keaton must have been a big star because she was in The Godfather and they were just getting started.

She always embodied grace and love. And so stylish. A very big loss - RIP.

She was amazing in her real life, too. 😢😢😢😢

I loved how she wore interesting clothes that looked great on her, that she never got married, how happy she looked.

Aside from the great story line and fun clothes, I really enjoy the views of both NYC and rural Vermont, 2 places I've known throughout my life.

She was a great actress, memorable in so many performances as folks are noting throughout this thread, and she will be missed and remembered. I'll have to rewatch Baby Boom this weekend, and may rewatch a number of others as well.

She gets a flat tire and tries to change it using the car manual.

Then Sam Shepard stops to help her and she tells him off: "So what do you think about that!" And he grabs her and kisses her until she's mush in his arms.

Love it.

A life well spent, Dear Anne Hall.

She aged like a VERY fine wine.

I always thought of her as ageless - beautiful, perky, spunky, with her own unique personal style. I think I first saw her in ‘Looking for Mr. Goodbar’, a very disturbing movie. Wonderful actress. She will be missed.

Thank you, God, for Diane Keaton

She was an alumni of my own Santa Ana High School, albeit 10 years earlier.

Fun fact: She was in 'Father of the Bride' with Steve Martin, who was also an alumni of SAHS.

Yikes.

Her sense of style and delight in what she was doing kept her young. She never grew old. She loved to sing as well. Lesson learned.

The Godfather and the remake of Father of the Bride are among the most memorable for me.

I always liked her. RIP, Diane

and loved her unique style - perfection!

Loved her in anything she did.......

She was a fine actor and funny.

Another instrument in the grand symphony of our lives has silenced.

RIP

trump reference

Whenever we see her in the screen my wife makes some sort on comment like “there’s one of yours”

Celebrity crushes along with Andy McDowell.

I watched every Woody Allen movie as a kid.

Very sad news 😔

R-I-P Diane 🙏