Award-winning actress Catherine O\u2019Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, her death certificate in the US has revealed.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara died on 30 January in a Los Angeles hospital, at the age of 71. In addition to the blood clot in her lungs, the death certificate listed rectal cancer as the long-term cause of death.<\/p>\n
It was indicated that she had been receiving treatment for the cancer since March 2025.<\/p>\n
Tributes have poured in for the Canadian actress, who most recently appeared in the Emmy-winning comedy The Studio and The Last of Us.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara remembered<\/strong><\/p>\n Actor and The Studio creator Seth Rogen said he was devastated by O\u2019Hara\u2019s death, describing the actress as \u201chysterical, kind, intuitive, generous\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Actor Pedro Pascal, who worked with O\u2019Hara on \u2018The Last of Us\u2019, wrote on Instagram: \u201cOh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always.\u201d<\/p>\n\n The actress starred in six seasons of the comedy series \u2018Schitt\u2019s Creek\u2019, for which she won an Emmy for best comedy actress.<\/p>\n Show creator and co-star Eugene Levy told People magazine that he has had the \u201chonour of knowing and working with the great Catherine O\u2019Hara for over fifty years\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cWords seem inadequate to express the loss I feel today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Co-creator Dan Levy, who played O\u2019Hara\u2019s son David, described her as \u201cfamily before she ever played my family\u201d.<\/p>\n He added on Instagram that he would \u201ccherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her\u201d.<\/p>\n O\u2019Hara\u2019s on-screen son in holiday classics Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, Macaulay Culkin, also paid an emotional tribute on Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cMama. I thought we had time. I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard you. But I had so much more to say. I love you. I\u2019ll see you later.\u201d<\/p>\n O\u2019Hara is survived by her husband, Bo Welch, her sons, Matthew and Luke, and her six siblings.<\/p>\n What is a pulmonary embolism?<\/strong><\/p>\n According to the NHS, a pulmonary embolism is a life-threatening condition that occurs when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel in the lungs.<\/p>\n Symptoms include sudden difficulty breathing, chest pain that worsens with breathing and coughing, and coughing up blood.<\/p>\n The post Catherine O\u2019Hara\u2019s cause of death confirmed as blood clot<\/a> appeared first on KBC Digital<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Award-winning actress Catherine O\u2019Hara died of a pulmonary embolism, her death certificate in the US has revealed. O\u2019Hara died on 30 January in a Los Angeles hospital, at the age of 71. In addition to the blood clot in her lungs, the death certificate listed rectal cancer as the long-term cause of death. It was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}