Celebrities Share Moving Tributes After Catherine O’Hara’s Tragic Death at 71

Comedian and actor Catherine O’Hara passed away at the age of 71 on Friday, Jan. 30.

According to Page Six, she died due to a brief illness that put her in a serious condition.

Here are all the celebrities who have paid tribute to the late actor after her tragic death.

Actor and comedian Catherine O’Hara tragically passed away at the age of 71 due to a brief illness that led to her being in a serious condition.

“Prolific multi-award-winning actress, writer, and comedian Catherine O’Hara died today at her home in Los Angeles following a brief illness,” her agency, Creative Artists Agency, wrote in a statement to Page Six.

The Los Angeles Fire Department also told the outlet that they responded to a call to her home at 4:48 a.m. before she was transported to the hospital on Friday, January 30.

Catherine, who was best known for her roles in Home Alone, Schitt’s Creek, Beetlejuice, and Best in Show, among others, was beloved by many people in Hollywood and beyond. Here are all the celebrities who have paid tribute to the late actor after her tragic death.

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Cosmopolitan cover star Macaulay Culkin famously worked with the late actor on Home Alone when he was a kid. He wrote a moving tribute for her on Instagram, saying, “Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you. But I had so much more to say. I love you. I’ll see you later.”

“Catherine O’Hara brought love and light to our world, through whipsmart compassion for the collection of eccentrics she portrayed...such a loss for her family and friends, and the audience she graced as friends,” Meryl, who worked with Catherine in Heartburn, wrote in a statement, per the Associated Press.

“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,” he wrote on Instagram.

“Really don’t know what to say… I told O’Hara when I first met her I thought she was the funniest person I’d ever had the pleasure of watching on screen. Home Alone was the movie that made me want to make movies. Getting to work with her was a true honor,” Seth, who worked with her on The Studio, wrote. “She was hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous… she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it. This is just devastating. We’re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it.”

Catherine’s The Studio co-star also shared a tribute, writing, “I never in a million years thought I would get to work with Catherine O’Hara let alone become friends with her. So profoundly sad she’s somewhere else now, So incredibly grateful I got to spend the time I did with her. Thank you Catherine I love you.”

Pedro, who starred with Catherine in The Last of Us season 2, wrote, “Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful. There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always. Always.”

The Last of Us showrunner also weighed in on the news, writing, “I think she would prefer that we keep laughing somehow, or at the very least not cry. Not possible at the moment. As brutal as this feels for anyone who knew or worked with her, I know it is far more painful for her husband and sons and close family. I’m thinking about them right now too. It all hurts terribly. Goodbye, you legend... you wonderful, brilliant, kind, beautiful human being. We were lucky to have had you at all.”

“Catherine O’Hara — a woman who was authentic and truthful in all she did. You saw it in her work, if you knew her you saw it in her life, and you saw it in her family. Bo, Luke and Matthew, our deepest sympathies. May Catherine rest in peace. May her memory be eternal,” she shared.

“Catherine O’Hara changed how so many of us understand comedy and humanity. From the chaos and heart of Home Alone to the unforgettable precision of Moira Rose in Schitt’s Creek, she created characters we’ll rewatch again and again,” the actor penned.

“I am devastated. We have lost one of the comic giants of our age. I send my love to her family,” he said in a statement to the Associated Press.

“She was the kindest and the classiest. How could she also have been the funniest person in the world? And she was at the very top of her game. There won’t be another like her,” Sarah shared.

“This is shattering news. What a wonderful person, artist and collaborator. I was lucky enough to direct, produce and act in projects with her and she was simply growing more brilliant with each year. My heart goes out to Bo & family,” Ron said in his social media tribute.