Overview
- A representative for Martin Short confirmed Katherine Hartley Short’s death and requested privacy for the family.
- Law-enforcement sources told TMZ she died by suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her Hollywood Hills home on Feb. 23 around 6 p.m. local time.
- The LAPD and fire department responded after a friend reported not hearing from her for about 24 hours, and officers found a gun and a note near her behind a locked bedroom door.
- Homicide authorities responded to the scene and ruled out foul play, according to reporting cited by Page Six.
- Martin Short postponed upcoming tour dates with Steve Martin that had been scheduled for Milwaukee and Minneapolis this weekend.