From: nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:36:50 +1300, Your Name    
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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.   
      
      
   Sorry to hear of her passing. I've enjoyed her performances since her   
   Second City days.   
      
   >    TMZ was first to report that O'Hara passed away on Friday, January 30,   
   >    2026. The cause of death is currently unclear.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    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.   
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   >    ComingSoon sends condolences to Catherine O'Hara's friends and family   
   >    at this time.   
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