Catherine O’Hara Dies at 71 in Los Angeles After Brief Illness

Overview

• Creative Artists Agency and her manager’s office confirmed the Emmy-winning actor died at home in Los Angeles at age 71.
• Los Angeles Fire Department officials said paramedics were dispatched to her Brentwood residence around 5 a.m., transported her in serious condition, and she was pronounced dead at a hospital hours later.
• No official cause of death has been released beyond the agency’s description of a brief illness.
• Colleagues and friends shared tributes, including Macaulay Culkin, Dan Levy, Pedro Pascal, Seth Rogen, Meryl Streep, Michael Keaton and Justin Theroux.
• O’Hara’s five-decade career spanned SCTV, Home Alone and Beetlejuice to a late-career surge with Schitt’s Creek and recent Emmy-nominated roles in The Studio and The Last of Us; she is survived by her husband Bo Welch and sons Matthew and Luke.