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Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism. Cancer was the underlying cause
BIG GAME. ALL RIGHT, BREAKING NEWS AND REALLY SAD NEWS HERE. THAT CAME AS A REAL SHOCK TO OUR NEWSROOM. ACTRESS CATHERINE O’HARA HAS DIED. ED HARDING IS OVER AT OUR BREAKING NEWS DESK WITH THE TRIBUTES THAT ARE COMING IN FOR THIS ED SHOCK, JESSICA AND SADNESS RINGING THROUGH EVERYTHING. CATHERINE O’HARA HAD HAD A LONG AND BELOVED CAREER. SHE HAD MORE THAN 100 ROLES ALL ACROSS TELEVISION AND FILM. RECENTLY, SHE STARRED IN THE COMEDY SERIES SCHITT’S CREEK. SHE WAS ALSO IN THE ONE ON APPLE TV, THE STUDIO SHE EARNED HER PRIMETIME EMMY AWARD AND GOLDEN GLOBE WITH SCHITT’S CREEK. THAT’S EUGENE LEVY, WHO FOR A LONG TIME WAS THE STAR WITH HER. SHE ROSE TO FAME IN 1988 WITH HER ROLE IN BEETLEJUICE. JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, SHE PLAYED. SHE WAS KEVIN’S MOM IN HOME ALONE, AND WE ALL REMEMBER THAT FAMOUS LINE, KEVIN. AND SPEAKING OF WHICH, MACAULAY CULKIN, WRITING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, MAMA, I THOUGHT WE HAD TIME, I WANTED MORE, I WANTED TO SIT IN A CHAIR NEXT TO YOU. I HEARD YOU, BUT I ALSO I HAD SO MUCH MORE TO SAY, I LOVE YOU, I WILL SEE YOU LATER. CATHERINE O’HARA WAS BORN RIGHT HERE IN BOSTON JUST A FEW YEARS AGO FOR THE EARTHSHOT AWARDS. SHE WAS HERE. HER AGENCY SAYS THAT SHE DIED AT HER HOME IN LOS ANGELES. FOLLOWING WHAT THEY SAID WAS A BRIEF ILLNESS. SHE WAS
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Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor’s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O’Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.The beloved Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum starred as Macaulay Culkin’s mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically oblivious wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.”Her death was a surprise to most, and an initial statement from her representatives said only that she died “following a brief illness.”Collaborators including Culkin, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and Pedro Pascal paid her loving tribute after her death.The document said she was cremated. It lists her profession as “actress” and her business as movies. It said she practiced her trade for 50 years.
Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.
A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor’s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.
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The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O’Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.
The beloved Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum starred as Macaulay Culkin’s mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically oblivious wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.”
Her death was a surprise to most, and an initial statement from her representatives said only that she died “following a brief illness.”
Collaborators including Culkin, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and Pedro Pascal paid her loving tribute after her death.
The document said she was cremated. It lists her profession as “actress” and her business as movies. It said she practiced her trade for 50 years.
