Actor Catherine O'Hara died of a blood clot in her lungs, death certificate says

"Emmy-winning actor Catherine O'Hara, who starred in Schitt's Creek and Home Alone, died from a blood clot in her lungs, her death certificate revealed Monday. The Canadian-born performer was rushed to the hospital on 30 January after having difficulty breathing at her home in the ritzy Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The 71-year-old, who starred in Beetlejuice and more recently in Apple TV's Hollywood satire show The Studio, was declared dead a short time later."

"Her break into movies came in 1980 with Double Negative also alongside Levy, and John Candy. In 1988, she played Winona Ryder's stepmother in Tim Burton's Beetlejuice. She would later marry the film's production designer Bo Welch. The couple had two sons, Matthew and Luke. But it was in 1990 that she became widely known to a global audience, as the mother of Macaulay Culkin's Kevin in Home Alone."

"In 1993, she collaborated again with Burton on The Nightmare Before Christmas. The versatile comedian also appeared in British film-maker Christopher Guest's mockumentaries that revel in silly spectacles of Americana, like zany dog handlers in Best in Show, vain folk singers in A Mighty Wind, and award-hungry actors in For Your Consideration. But she is perhaps best known by modern audiences for her role in Schitt's Creek, created by Eugene Levy's son, Dan Levy."

Catherine O'Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with rectal cancer listed as a secondary factor. She was rushed to a hospital on 30 January after having difficulty breathing at her Brentwood, Los Angeles, home and was declared dead shortly thereafter at age 71. She was born in Toronto in 1954 and began her career with the Second City comedy troupe alongside Eugene Levy. Her film breakthrough came in 1980 with Double Negative and she appeared in Beetlejuice (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). She married production designer Bo Welch and had two sons, Matthew and Luke. She gained worldwide fame as Kevin's mother in Home Alone and later won major awards including an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG award, notably earning an Emmy for Schitt's Creek in 2020.

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