“Schitt’s Creek” star Catherine O’Hara has died. She was 71.
CAA confirmed her passing on Friday, sharing a statement to Page Six that read, “We are saddened to announce the passing of Catherine O’Hara.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department told us exclusively that they responded to a call to the beloved acting icon’s home at 4:48 a.m. local time before transporting her to the hospital in “serious” condition.
TMZ was the first to report the news. O’Hara’s cause of death remains unclear.
She is survived by her husband of 33 years, Bob Welch, and their two sons, Matthew, 31, and Luke, 29
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Born in 1954 in Toronto, Canada, O’Hara was one of seven children.
After graduating high school in 1973, O’Hara began working as a waitress at the Toronto Second City improv comedy hub before landing a spot as Gilda Radner’s understudy. She went on to become a main cast member the following year, after Radner left “Saturday Night Live.”
However, she rose to fame when she took on the role of Delia Deetz in Tim Burton’s “Beetlejuice” in 1988, alongside Winona Ryder, and made a name for herself as Macaulay Culkin’s mom in the first two “Home Alone” movies in 1990 and 1992 respectively.
In 2015, she made her big TV comeback as Moira Rose in the sitcom “Schitt’s Creek,” alongside Eugene Levy.
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