Those who knew and worked with the late Catherine O’Hara have begun posting tributes to the comedy great. She passed away suddenly on Friday, January 30th, with no immediate cause of death. Reactions and outpourings of love, support, and memories quickly followed.
Macaulay Culkin, who played O’Hara’s onscreen son in two “Home Alone” films, shared a brief but heartfelt statement about her passing.

Michael Keaton Douglas, who co-starred with Catherine in both “Beetlejuice” films, had this to say:
Justin Theroux, who co-starred with O’Hara in “Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice” also posted.
Pedro Pascal, who co-starred with O’Hara in the most recent season of HBO’s “The Last Of Us,” shared the following:
“I am devastated. We have lost one of the comic giants of our age. I send my love to her family,” Christopher Guest, co-star in several comedies, said.
Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and her fans across the globe. O’Hara was 71.


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