Actor Eugene Levy expresses profound grief over the passing of his longtime buddy and Schitt’s Creek co-star Catherine O’Hara, who died at age 71. Levy, aged 79, portrayed Johnny Rose, the on-screen husband to O’Hara’s iconic Moira Rose within the common U.S. sitcom. He shares that he struggles to search out phrases for the immense loss, as O’Hara handed away on Friday at her Los Angeles house following a quick sickness.
Levy’s Heartfelt Assertion
In a private assertion, Levy displays on their decades-long collaboration. “Phrases appear insufficient to precise the loss I really feel at the moment. I had the honour of realizing and dealing with the nice Catherine O’Hara for over 50 years,” he says. “From our beginnings on the Second Metropolis stage, to SCTV, to the flicks we did with Chris Visitor, to our six superb years on Schitt’s Creek, I cherished our working relationship, however most of all our friendship. And I’ll miss her. My coronary heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and your entire O’Hara household.”
Tributes from Household and Colleagues
Levy’s son, Dan Levy, who co-created Schitt’s Creek and performed their on-screen son David, describes O’Hara as household from the beginning. On Instagram, Dan states, “What a present to have gotten to bounce within the heat glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance for all these years. Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my dad, Catherine was prolonged household earlier than she ever performed my household. It’s onerous to think about a world with out her in it.” He provides that he’ll cherish each humorous reminiscence made along with her.
The Canadian-American actress, celebrated for her Emmy and Golden Globe wins for Schitt’s Creek, additionally gained fame by means of roles in Residence Alone and the Beetlejuice movies. Meryl Streep, who shared the display with O’Hara within the 1986 comedy Heartburn, affords condolences. “Catherine O’Hara introduced love and lightweight to our world, by means of whipsmart compassion for the gathering of eccentrics she portrayed… such a loss for her household and mates, and the viewers she graced as mates,” Streep says.
Reminiscences from Residence Alone and Past
Macaulay Culkin, who performed O’Hara’s son within the 1990 vacation traditional Residence Alone and its 1992 sequel, shares an emotional Instagram put up. “Mama. I assumed we had time. I needed extra. I needed to take a seat in a chair subsequent to you. I heard you however I had a lot extra to say. I like you. I’ll goodbye,” he writes.
In 2024, O’Hara returned as Delia Deetz in Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, reprising her 1988 position. Co-star Michael Keaton remembers their historical past fondly. “We return earlier than the primary Beetlejuice. She’s been my faux spouse, my faux nemesis and my actual life, true buddy. This one hurts. Man am I gonna miss her,” Keaton states.
Alec Baldwin, one other unique Beetlejuice solid member, praises her distinctive expertise. He calls O’Hara “one of many best comedian skills within the film enterprise” with “a high quality that was all her personal.”
Current Collaborations and Last Tributes
Seth Rogen, who labored with O’Hara within the Apple TV+ collection The Studio—incomes her Emmy and Golden Globe nominations—calls her passing devastating. On Instagram, Rogen recollects, “I instructed O’Hara after I first met her I assumed she was the funniest particular person I’d ever had the pleasure of watching on display. Residence Alone was the film that made me need to make motion pictures. Attending to work along with her was a real honour. She was hysterical, form, intuitive, beneficiant… she made me need to make our present ok to be worthy of her presence in it. That is simply devastating. We’re all fortunate we bought to stay in a world along with her in it.”
Jennifer Robertson, O’Hara’s Schitt’s Creek co-star who performed Jocelyn Schitt, posts a touching Instagram photograph of them holding arms. “Being in Catherine O’Hara’s orbit was a phenomenal and magical present. She was an absolute star who by no means understood why folks made such a fuss over her. Catherine was really certainly one of a sort. Her passing is a loss for everybody who knew and liked her, and a loss for Canada. You’ll be deeply missed Catherine,” Robertson writes.
O’Hara additionally appeared within the second season of The Final of Us with Pedro Pascal, who pays tribute: “Oh, genius to be close to you. Eternally grateful. There’s much less gentle in my world, this fortunate world that had you, will maintain you, all the time.”
Christopher Visitor, director and co-star in movies like Greatest in Present, mourns deeply. “I’m devastated. We’ve got misplaced one of many comedian giants of our age,” he says. Ben Stiller notes on X the profound influence she had on comedy, whereas Mike Myers calls it “a really unhappy day for comedy and for Canada,” hailing her as certainly one of historical past’s best comedy artists.
Canadian leaders be part of the refrain. Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau labels her a “beloved Canadian icon,” and present Premier Mark Carney states, “Canada has misplaced a legend. Over 5 many years of labor, Catherine earned her place within the canon of Canadian comedy.”
O’Hara leaves behind her husband Bo Welch and sons Matthew and Luke. Her household plans a non-public celebration of her life.
