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As we previously reported, beloved actress Catherine O’Hara passed away at the age of 71.
While no cause of death has been given, O’Hara’s passing appears to have come as a shock to those who knew her best.
Now, countless friends, fans and colleagues are paying tribute to the screen icon, including Macaulay Culkin, who played O’Hara’s son, Kevin McCallister, in the 1990 Christmas classic. alone at home.
Culkin took to Instagram moments ago to share a brief but powerful memory of the woman who played his on-screen mother.
“Mom. I thought we had time,” Culkin wrote alongside a photo of him and O’Hara in the film (both stars reprized their roles in the 1992 film). home alone 2).
“I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I listened to you, but I had so much more to say,” he continued, adding poignantly:
“I love you. I’ll see you later.”
Culkin and O’Hara maintained a close relationship over the years, and she gave a speech when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.
At the time, O’Hara noted with amusement that she was now “older than I was when I played her mother.”
Culkin also included a photo from that occasion in his social media tribute.
“alone at home “He was, is and always will be a beloved global sensation… the reason families around the world can’t let a year go by without watching and loving together Home Alone is because of Macaulay Culkin,” he said in his speech.
The former co-stars often spoke fondly of each other in the decades since they met on set.
In one of her latest interviews, O’Hara humorously recalled the day she and her husband, Bo Welch, almost had a real-life Home Alone moment with their two children.
“We were in New York once; I think it was New York,” the Schitt’s Creek star said. People magazine last year.
“Bo and I got on the subway, we turned around, the doors were closing and they weren’t open… I screamed and people screamed with me,” he recalled.
The story has a happy ending, as the doors reopened and O’Hara was reunited with her children.
“It makes me sick to think what could have happened,” O’Hara said.
O’Hara racked up dozens of classic film credits over the years, including beetle juice and best of show. He also won an Emmy for his work on the beloved comedy. Schitt’s Creek.
But for fans of a certain generation, O’Hara is likely best remembered as Kevin McCallister’s heroic mother.
Our thoughts are with Catherine’s loved ones during this incredibly difficult time.
