Overview
- Her agency and manager confirmed the Emmy-winning actor died in Los Angeles at age 71 following a short illness.
- Emergency crews responded before dawn to breathing difficulties at her Brentwood home and transported a woman in serious condition, with reports differing on whether she died at home or after hospital admission.
- O’Hara is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and their sons, Matthew and Luke, with the family planning a private commemoration.
- Across a five-decade career she starred in SCTV, Home Alone, Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek, won the 2020 Emmy for Moira Rose, and recently appeared in The Last of Us and Apple’s The Studio, earning a 2025 Emmy nomination.
- Tributes poured in from colleagues and collaborators including Macaulay Culkin, Pedro Pascal, Michael Keaton, Tim Burton and Meryl Streep.