Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed
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
Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death has been revealed, just over a week after the actress died.According to reports, O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism with an underlying cause of rectal cancer. O’Hara died on Jan. 30, 2026, at 71 years old at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her agency, Creative Artists Agency.O’Hara was best known as Macaulay Culkin’s mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.”She also starred in Tim Burton’s 1988 “Beetlejuice,” and the 2024 sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death has been revealed, just over a week after the actress died.
According to reports, O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism with an underlying cause of rectal cancer.
O’Hara died on Jan. 30, 2026, at 71 years old at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief illness,” according to a statement from her agency, Creative Artists Agency.
O’Hara was best known as Macaulay Culkin’s mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an Emmy as matriarch Moira Rose in “Schitt’s Creek.”
She also starred in Tim Burton’s 1988 “Beetlejuice,” and the 2024 sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.”
