Grammy award-winning artist, songwriter and producer Jonas Myrin has penned a heartfelt tribute to late Oscar winner Diane Keaton. #Powerjournalist Markos Papadatos has the scoop.
Keaton died on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79 in Los Angeles, California.
Myrin co-wrote Diane Keaton’s first-ever holiday single “First Christmas,” and he also served as the producer of the song.
In a moving post on social media, Myrin expressed, “I’m heartbroken by Diane Keaton’s passing. To have been trusted to help bring her lifelong dream of recording an original song to life is something I’ll carry with me forever. ‘First Christmas’, which I co-wrote with Carole Bayer Sager and produced for Diane last year, became her first and final song, and now those words hold a meaning I could never have imagined.”
Myrin continued, “Beyond the song itself, it’s the memories from our time together that I hold closest. Diane always filled the room with laughter and little jokes that kept us smiling, and always arrived so stylishly, as if ready for a Vogue shoot at any moment.”
“I will never forget when she called me in tears, saying that getting to sing this song was one of the greatest gifts of her career. It was a dream she had carried her whole life, to sing and record an original song, and being able to help her bring that dream to life with Carole was incredibly special,” Myrin acknowledged.
“Diane was fearless, curious, generous, and full of love in everything she did. Her voice, her heart, and her art will live on in those notes and in the legacy she leaves behind. And Diane will live on, forever in mine,” Myrin concluded.
Diane Keaton’s holiday single “First Christmas” is available on digital service providers by clicking here. The song garnered a rave review, and rightfully so.
Read More: This journalist’s interview with Diane Keaton (from December of 2024) about her holiday single “First Christmas.”
