Actors and directors remember Catherine O’Hara as one of the greats and gone too soon.
Friday, January 30, surprised everyone with the death of Catherine O’Hara. At 71, the actress known for Beetlejuice, Home Alone, and plenty of other movies and shows passed due to a “brief illness,” according to multiple reports.
Following the news, O’Hara was eulogized by several costars across the decades, including Home Alone’s Macaulay Culkin. “Mama, I thought we had more time,” he wrote on Instagram. “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.”
“She’s been my pretend wife, my pretend nemesis and my real life, true friend,” said Michael Keaton. “We go back before the first Beetlejuice. This one hurts. Man am I gonna miss her. Thinking about [her husband, Bo Welch] as well.”
“Oh, genius to be near you. Eternally grateful,” added The Last of Us’ Pedro Pascal. “There is less light in my world, this lucky world that had you, will keep you, always. Always ♥️.” Separately, series co-creator Craig Mazin remembered her as a “wonderful, brilliant, kind, beautiful human being.
