Catherine O\u2019Hara \u2014 best known for her roles in \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek,\u201d \u201cHome Alone,\u201d and \u201cBest in Show\u201d \u2014 has died, TMZ reports. O\u2019Hara was 71.According to the outlet, the beloved actress died on Friday. TMZ said two sources with direct knowledge confirmed the news, though her cause of death has not been publicly confirmed. It later became known that the beloved actress passed away after a brief illness.
Catherine O’Hara attends the “Flatliners” Hollywood Premiere on August 6, 1990 | Source: Getty ImagesCatherine O’Hara attends the “Flatliners” Hollywood Premiere on August 6, 1990 | Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Additional details later emerged surrounding the circumstances leading up to O\u2019Hara\u2019s death. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department told PEOPLE that first responders received a call at 4:48 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 30, for an \u201capproximately 70-year-old\u201d unnamed female at O\u2019Hara\u2019s home address. The woman, believed to be Schitt\u2019s Creek alum, was transported to the hospital in serious condition. According to LAFD dispatch audio, the individual at the address was experiencing breathing difficulties at the time of the call.O\u2019Hara became a household name for generations of fans, especially for playing Kate McCallister, the determined mother of Macaulay Culkin\u2019s Kevin, in the first two \u201cHome Alone\u201d films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Catherine O\u2019Hara \u2014 best known for her roles in \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek,\u201d \u201cHome Alone,\u201d and \u201cBest in Show\u201d \u2014 has died, TMZ reports. O\u2019Hara was 71.According to the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":675,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35361,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35359\/revisions\/35361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}