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ANDREW DALTON
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary
embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.
A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the
pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an
artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor's Jan.
30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.
The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that
he had been treating O'Hara since March of last year, and last
saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica,
California.
The beloved Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV” alum starred as
Macaulay Culkin's mother in two “Home Alone” movies and won an
Emmy as the dramatically oblivious wealthy matriarch Moira Rose
in “Schitt’s Creek.”
Her death was a surprise to most, and an initial statement from
her representatives said only that she died “following a brief
illness.”
Collaborators including Culkin, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy
and Pedro Pascal paid her loving tribute after her death.
The document said she was cremated. It lists her profession as
“actress” and her business as movies. It said she practiced her
trade for 50 years.
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