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Catherine O’Hara's Death Got Me Thinking About What 'Old' Is

Canadian actress Catherine O'Hara, known for Schitt's Creek and Christopher Guest films, died at 71 after a brief illness, prompting tributes highlighting her impact on comedy.

  • On Friday, actress and comedian Catherine O'Hara died at 71, her representatives confirmed, after a brief illness with cause not disclosed.
  • O'Hara began her career at Second City and on SCTV, working with contemporaries including Eugene Levy, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Martin Short and Joe Flaherty.
  • Hollywood stars and major film and television figures mourned her as Tim Burton posted `Catherine, I love you,` on Instagram Friday.
  • Her passing was mourned as the loss of a pillar of Canadian comedy, prompting collective mourning as millions of viewers reflected on her emotional landmark characters.
  • She remained creatively active into her seventies, filming the Seth Rogen series The Studio a few months ago at 70, while outlets urged revisiting A Mighty Wind as part of her legacy.
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Catherine O’Hara's death got me thinking about what 'old' is

When actress Catherine O’Hara died recently, multiple media outlets reported she was “just 71 years old.”

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