Overview
- County medical examiner records list the cause as a gunshot wound to the head and the manner as suicide, with the place of death recorded as her residence.
- LAPD and LAFD responded to her Hollywood Hills home at about 6:41 p.m. on Feb. 23, where she was found deceased.
- A family representative confirmed her passing and said the Short family is devastated and requests privacy.
- Martin Short has postponed upcoming shows with Steve Martin in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, with venues stating tickets will be honored for rescheduled dates.
- Katherine Hartley Short was the eldest of three adopted children and a licensed clinical social worker who worked in Los Angeles, including roles at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and with Bring Change 2 Mind.