{"id":64645,"date":"2026-02-10T00:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/catherine-oharas-cause-of-death-was-a-pulmonary-embolism-with-cancer-as-underlying-cause-ap-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T00:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:12:41","slug":"catherine-oharas-cause-of-death-was-a-pulmonary-embolism-with-cancer-as-underlying-cause-ap-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/catherine-oharas-cause-of-death-was-a-pulmonary-embolism-with-cancer-as-underlying-cause-ap-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine O&#8217;Hara&#8217;s cause of death was a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as underlying cause, AP reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/catherine-ohara-dies-schitts-creek-home-alone-beetlejuice\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara died<\/a><\/span> from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause, according to a Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday, The Associated Press reported.<\/p>\n<p>The certificate lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor&#8217;s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.<\/p>\n<p>The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O&#8217;Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California. She was cremated, according to the document.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved Canadian-born comic actor and &#8220;SCTV&#8221; alum starred as Macaulay Culkin&#8217;s mother in two &#8220;Home Alone&#8221; movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically oblivious wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Her death came as a surprise to most fans, and an initial statement from her representatives said only that she died &#8220;following a brief illness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/c6c650e6-05b6-4690-b105-5a434e29916a\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/98859900762f7369c34dc32ac7911ed4\/gettyimages-1187047113.jpg#\" alt=\"Catherine O'Hara  \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/c6c650e6-05b6-4690-b105-5a434e29916a\/thumbnail\/620x413g4\/98859900762f7369c34dc32ac7911ed4\/gettyimages-1187047113.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/c6c650e6-05b6-4690-b105-5a434e29916a\/thumbnail\/1240x826g4\/8424efc8bcd9557c2957794f1a3e2397\/gettyimages-1187047113.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara on Nov. 11, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Tommaso Boddi \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Over the course of her five-decade career, O&#8217;Hara had roles on numerous television series, including &#8220;Six Feet Under,&#8221; &#8220;Curb Your Enthusiasm&#8221; and &#8220;The Studio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She also appeared in several films, including the HBO production &#8220;Temple Grandin,&#8221; for which she received an Emmy nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2015, O&#8217;Hara teamed up with her longtime friend and fellow&#8221;SCTV&#8221; alum Eugene Levy for the sitcom &#8220;Schitt&#8217;s Creek.&#8221; The two also appeared in seven movies together throughout their careers, including four Christopher Guest mockumentaries.<\/p>\n<p>Her collaborators and costars over the years, including Levy, Culkin, Guest and Pedro Pascal, paid her loving tribute after her death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mama. I thought we had time,&#8221; Culkin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUJTe8rEmO4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">posted<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram, along with side-by-side images of the two of them from &#8220;Home Alone&#8221; and the two together at <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/losangeles\/news\/home-alone-icon-macaulay-culkin-receives-star-on-hollywood-walk-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Culkin&#8217;s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you. But I had so much more to say. I love you. I&#8217;ll see you later.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUJcgGdEm-4\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Michael Keaton<\/a>, who starred alongside O&#8217;Hara in &#8220;Beetlejuice&#8221; and &#8220;The Paper,&#8221; wrote on Instagram, &#8220;She&#8217;s been my pretend wife, my pretend nemesis and my real life, true friend. This one hurts. Man am I gonna miss her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/85de3b6a-0add-4178-aa2b-9cde1bfc1939\/thumbnail\/620x413\/327ef48cd9c53a1fe61c57f793f9d097\/gettyimages-2169310493.jpg#\" alt=\"\" beetlejuice=\"\" beetlejuice\"=\"\" uk=\"\" premiere=\"\" &ndash;=\"\" arrivals=\"\" \"=\"\" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/85de3b6a-0add-4178-aa2b-9cde1bfc1939\/thumbnail\/620x413\/327ef48cd9c53a1fe61c57f793f9d097\/gettyimages-2169310493.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/85de3b6a-0add-4178-aa2b-9cde1bfc1939\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/1ebcf41555b52a7c1a626b6d725c0b0f\/gettyimages-2169310493.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Catherine O&#8217;Hara and Michael Keaton attend the U.K. premiere of &#8220;Beetlejuice Beetlejuice&#8221; in London on Aug. 29, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stuart C. Wilson \/ Getty Images \/ Stuart Wilson<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seth Rogen, whom O&#8217;Hara had worked with recently on the Apple TV series &#8220;The Studio,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUJk2NNEnyj\/?igsh=MXJhbWZjcGFpZjNoaw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a>\u00a0on Instagram that she was &#8220;hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous&#8230; she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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