"“You know, it's been a nightmare for the family, but the understanding [is] that mental health and cancer [as battled by his late wife Nancy Dolman] are both diseases,” Short said. “And sometimes with diseases, they are terminal. And my daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, Borderline Personality Disorder, other things, and did the best she could until she couldn't.”"
"“So Nan's last words to me were, 'Marty, let me go,' and she was just saying, 'Dad, let me go,'” he continued."
"Short said his daughter's experiences led his involvement in Bring Change 2 Mind, an organization started by Glenn Close “which is taking mental health out of the shadows. Not being ashamed of it, not hiding from the word suicide, but accepting that this can be the last stage of an illness. And that's my approach to this.”"
Katherine Short died by suicide at age 42 in February 2026. Martin Short described the family experience as a nightmare and compared mental health and cancer as diseases that can be terminal. He said Katherine fought for a long time with extreme mental health, including Borderline Personality Disorder, and did the best she could until she could not. He shared that his late wife Nancy Dolman’s last words to him were “Marty, let me go,” and he said his daughter’s final words were similar. He connected his daughter’s experiences to his involvement in Bring Change 2 Mind, which aims to remove mental health from stigma, reduce shame, and address suicide openly as a possible final stage of illness.
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