Overview
- Short, who dined with J. J. Abrams on Friday, March 27, was photographed leaving a Santa Monica restaurant in his first public sighting since his daughter’s death.
- He appeared subdued in the images and did not engage with photographers as he entered Abrams’ car.
- Officials previously ruled that Katherine Hartley Short, 42, died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in late February, with LAPD responding to a call in the Hollywood Hills.
- After postponing late-February shows in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, the Steve Martin & Martin Short tour is scheduled to restart April 11 at Savannah’s Johnny Mercer Theatre.
- Katherine worked in Los Angeles as a licensed clinical social worker, had spoken about her mental-health struggles, and changed her name in 2012 to protect her privacy at work.