LOS ANGELES \u2014 Catherine O\u2019Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.<\/p>\n
A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor\u2019s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.<\/p>\n
The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O\u2019Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n
The beloved Canadian-born comic actor and \u201cSCTV\u201d alum starred as Macaulay Culkin\u2019s mother in two \u201cHome Alone\u201d movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically oblivious wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in \u201cSchitt\u2019s Creek.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Her death was a surprise to most, and an initial statement from her representatives said only that she died \u201cfollowing a brief illness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Collaborators including Culkin, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy and Pedro Pascal paid her loving tribute after her death.<\/p>\n
The document said she was cremated. It lists her profession as \u201cactress\u201d and her business as movies. It said she practiced her trade for 50 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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