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Catherine O’Hara’s Brother Shares Intimate Recollections of Her Final Days

His new podcast account deepens the public record with family detail beyond the official medical findings.

Overview

  • In the season 3 premiere of his Dreams of Our Loved Ones podcast, Michael P. O’Hara said his sister spoke little near the end and visited him in a dream he took as a goodbye.
  • He described later dreams where she was happily renovating a new house and told him he could stay there any time, which he said brought him comfort.
  • O’Hara died at 71 in late January at her Los Angeles home after what her agency called a brief illness, according to a statement at the time.
  • Her death certificate listed a pulmonary embolism as the immediate cause and rectal cancer as the underlying condition, confirming reports that she had kept her cancer private.
  • Tributes have continued, including a posthumous comedy-acting prize in March that The Studio co-star Seth Rogen accepted as a “very sad honor.”