Catherine O'Hara's household is sharing how they plan to honor the comedy legend after her demise at 71.

The beloved Schitt's Creek actress was mourned by followers and former colleagues on Friday within the hours following information that she died following a following a quick sickness. The Emmy winner's family members additionally famous in a press release to Leisure Weekly that "a non-public celebration of life will likely be held by the household" to honor the star of flicks together with Dwelling Alone and Dwelling Alone 2, Beetlejuice, and Finest in Present.

O'Hara's survivors embody her husband Bo Welch and their sons, Matthew and Luke, in addition to the actresses' siblings Michael O’Hara; Mary Margaret O’Hara; Maureen Jolley; Marcus O‘Hara; Tom O’Hara; and Patricia Wallice.

The Studio actress met her husband on the set of the 1998 comedy Beetlejuice, through which she performed eccentric sculptor Delia Deetz reverse Michael Keaton's title character and Winona Ryder as Delia's moody stepdaughter Lydia. Welch was the manufacturing designer on the movie.

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O'Hara beforehand spoke in regards to the film's director, Tim Burton, having performed a key half in getting the pair collectively, when he nudged Welch to ask the actress out. She had really been complaining that he hadn't but, she informed InStyle in January 2018.

"Our first day of capturing on the [Deetz] home was the day that Bo lastly requested me out, in order that’s what I see after I have a look at the scenes we shot there," O'Hara informed the journal. "Matchmaking Tim Burton!"

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The Canada native moved to Los Angeles to be with Welch, she informed the New Yorker in January 2019. The couple married in 1992 and had two sons, Matthew and Luke, in 1994 and 1997, respectively.

Welch has continued to work in Hollywood. He and O'Hara each returned for Burton's sequel, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, in 2024, which additionally starred Keaton, Ryder, and newcomers Jenna Ortega and Justin Theroux.

Burton posted a tribute to the actress on Friday afternoon, alongside a picture of himself with the celebs on the set of the sequel movie. "Catherine, I really like you," he wrote, "This image exhibits how a lot mild you gave to all of us. You had been a particular a part of my life and after life."

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