Overview
- Katherine Hartley Short’s death was confirmed in a family statement that remembered her for the light and joy she brought to others.
- LAPD and LAFD say they responded around 6:40 p.m. Monday to a possible suicide at her address and found a deceased female, with an investigation underway.
- Multiple outlets, citing law-enforcement sources via TMZ, report she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, while an official coroner determination has not been widely released.
- The 42-year-old was a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles with degrees from NYU and USC, and experience at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital and in private practice.
- She was the eldest of three children adopted by Martin Short and his late wife Nancy Dolman, and coverage notes uncertainty over Short’s scheduled performances with Steve Martin later this week.