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Catherine O'Hara Dead at 71
(www.tmz.com)
2026 took away from us the wrong star from Home Alone 2...
2026 took away from us the wrong ~~star~~ bit part cameo actor from Home Alone 2...
FTFY
There is still time.
I am so sad right now.
Pretty rough day for news.
Why? What else happened? I'm just waking up.
Trump arresting journalists.
only a problem in shitholes.
Or for people who live next to shitholes. Or have any natural resources that people who live in shitholes want. Or live anywhere where an elected representative has hurt the ego of the shithole in chief.
Or who live on a planet affected by e.g. the [anti-]environmental policies of said shithole.
That's very short-sighted
Very insightful.
Outside of the obvious Home Alone and Schitt's Creek, what are some of her works that I can go back and watch to honor her memory?
SCTV, Best in Show, Waiting for Guffman, A Mighty Wind, Beetlejuice, oh, so many...and cartoon voices, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Committed. She was everywhere and I can assuredely say, welcome.
The last time one of our photogs saw Catherine was at LAX in February 2024 ... when we asked her what role she would most want to be remembered for.
Author then neglects to say what her answer was now that it is most relevant...
Im guessing the answer is in the video above that paragraph, so we'll never know.
If you're putting info in a video in a news article, you may as well bury it beneath the sands of the taklamakan desert.
"The mother of my children." is the quote from the video.
You have provided a great public service. Thank you.
Couldn't have even told you there was a video on the page. I mostly browse the news while I'm at work, avoiding doing work. I have trained myself to ignore videos on news articles because I can't have the sound on. So yeah, info in a video embedded on a news site doesn't exist for me.
Catherine famously played Macaulay Culkin's mother in the first two 'Home Alone' movies ... and she appeared as Moira Rose in 80 episodes of "Schitt's Creek."
Other notable movie credits include a couple mockumentaries in 2000's "Best in Show," and 2003's "A Mighty Wind" ... plus "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and the OG "Beetlejuice."
How fucking ignorant is TMZ. She was famous way before that for SCTV. The irreplacable Lola Heatherton.
She could break my Christmas balls like no one else
Even 71 is too early, what happened?
Rest in peace, she was an iconic actress, and very very funny.
Sad caw sounds
I am devastated right now. If trump doesn't die this year then there is no justice in the world.
RIP funny lady.
2026 can eat a bag of dicks
It seriously can. Fuck it's still only January.
"Sorry, it's been a rough year...."
"Lemon, it's January."
david bowie, alan rickman, catherine o'hara. why does january suck?
David Bowie died a decade ago.
So many names I would rather see in the headline instead
No beetlejuice?
Her dancing to Harry Belafonte while being possessed is one of my core memories.
This is very sad news. She was great in every role.
“Oh they’re comin.’ Oh they’re comin.’ And watch out they got a lot of kids!”
Well that’s some bullshit right there. She was amazing.
Damn. RIP. She was one of the comedy greats. Pretty much unmatched timing IMHO.
this post was submitted on 30 Jan 2026
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