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LOS ANGELES \u2014 Catherine O\u2019Hara died\u00a0from 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’s 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’Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0beloved Canadian-born comic actor\u00a0and \u201cSCTV\u201d alum starred as Macaulay Culkin’s 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
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\u00a0Culkin, Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy\u00a0and 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<\/div>\n
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