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       Catherine O'Hara Passes Away, Schitt's Creek & Home Alone Star Was 71   
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       Catherine O'Hara has passed away. The legendary star of Home Alone,   
       Schitt's Creek, and much more was 71 years old.   
      
       TMZ was first to report that O'Hara passed away on Friday, January 30,   
       2026. The cause of death is currently unclear.   
      
       Born in 1954, O'Hara's career in Hollywood began with the Canadian   
       sketch comedy series Second City Television, per Variety. That show   
       earned O'Hara her first PrimeTime Emmy Award, an accolade that she'd   
       again win in 2020 for her performance in Schitt's Creek.   
      
       O'Hara's first credited Hollywood movie is 1980's Nothing Personal.   
       She then went on to star in 1980's Double Negative and 1983's Rock &   
       Rule before playing the memorable role of Gail in Martin Scorsese's   
       After Hours, which was released in 1985.   
      
       Her stardom continued to rise after playing Delia Deetz in Tim   
       Burton's Beetlejuice, released in 1988. Just two years later, she   
       starred as Kevin McCallister's mom, Kate McCallister, in Home Alone.   
       She reprised this role again in the sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New   
       York.   
      
       Following that, O'Hara voiced Sally in The Nightmare Before Christmas   
       and appeared in movies such as 1994's Wyatt Earp, 1996's Waiting for   
       Huffman, 1997's Pippi Longstocking, 2000's Best in Show, and 2004's   
       Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, among many other   
       titles.   
      
       O'Hara's career had a major renaissance in her 60s when she starred   
       as Moira Rose in the popular Schitt's Creek sitcom alongside Eugene   
       Levy, Dan Levy, and Annie Murphy. She recently played Patty Leigh in   
       the first season of The Studio and Gail Lynden in Season 2 of   
       The Last of Us. Additionally, O'Hara reprised her Delia Deetz   
       character in the Beetlejuice sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, and   
       voiced a character in the award-winning The Wild Robot movie released   
       in 2024.   
      
       ComingSoon sends condolences to Catherine O'Hara's friends and family   
       at this time.   
      
      
      
      
      
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