"Tributes from the world of showbiz and politics have poured in for the actor Catherine O'Hara, with Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, and Schitt's Creek co-creator Dan Levy mourning the loss of a legend after she died at the age of 71. O'Hara, who won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the TV comedy series, died on Friday at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness, according to her agency CAA."
"In a post on Instagram, Levy said he would cherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her. Catherine O'Hara a life in pictures He added: What a gift to have gotten to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O'Hara's brilliance for all those years. Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my dad (Schitt's Creek co-star and co-creator Eugene), Catherine was extended family before she ever played my family. It's hard to imagine a world without her in it."
"Richard E Grant, who starred in 2006's Penelope with O'Hara, called her death an incalculable loss. In a post on Instagram, he said: She & her husband Bo were the first people we called when we were in LA, stayed with us in the Cotswolds shared dinners in London & never stopped yakking & laughing. In 2024, the actor reprised her role as Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, having starred in the first film in 1988. Co-star Michael Keaton said: We go back before the first Beetlejuice. She's been my pretend wife, my pretend nemesis and my real life, true friend. This one hurts. Man am I gonna miss her."
Catherine O'Hara died at her Los Angeles home at age 71 following a brief illness. She won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for her role in the TV comedy series and gained wide recognition for roles in Home Alone and the Beetlejuice films. Tributes came from figures across showbiz and politics, including Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Schitt's Creek co-creator Dan Levy. Levy said he would cherish every funny memory and described O'Hara as extended family after decades of collaboration with his father. Richard E Grant called her death an incalculable loss and recalled close personal friendship. Co-stars Michael Keaton and Alec Baldwin praised her comic talent and friendship.
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