Overview
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's autopsy, released May 26, confirmed that Katherine Short died in February at 42 from a self‑inflicted gunshot wound.
- Martin Short called a friend after not hearing from his daughter for more than 24 hours, and that friend found a note on Katherine's locked bedroom door and called 911.
- Officers forced entry into the bedroom and found Katherine in bed with a Glock 19 9mm pistol beneath her chest and a suicide note was recovered at the scene.
- The autopsy documents a prior 2017 suicide attempt by pills and a recorded history of depression and other serious mental‑health conditions.
- Martin Short has publicly discussed the loss in recent interviews and in a Netflix documentary and has urged destigmatizing severe mental illness while endorsing groups such as Bring Change to Mind.