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Martin Short has opened up about the recent death of his daughter, Katherine Short.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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“It’s been a nightmare for the family,” he said in his first interview since her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Katherine died by suicide on Feb. 23 after her father lost his friends Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, and Diane Keaton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Martin Short<\/a> has broken his silence on the recent death of his daughter<\/a>.<\/p>\nAfter Katherine Short was discovered dead at 42 in her Hollywood Hills home on Feb. 23, a representative for the Only Murders in the Building <\/em>star expressed Martin’s “profound grief.”<\/p>\n“The Short family is devastated by this loss and asks for privacy at this time,” the representative said. “Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”<\/p>\n
Two days later, Short’s cause of death<\/a> was confirmed as a result of suicide. The comedian has since kept a low profile as he prepares to release Marty, Life Is Short<\/em><\/a>, a new documentary about him, on May 12.<\/p>\nShort sat down for his first interview since his daughter’s death on Sunday, telling CBS Sunday Morning <\/em>correspondent Tracy Smith that “it’s been a nightmare for the family. But the understanding that mental health and cancer, like my wife, are both diseases \u2014 and sometimes with diseases they are terminal.”<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\nMartin Short interviewed on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ in 2026
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It isn’t just Katherine’s death that has rocked Short’s life as of late. Before that, he lost friends and collaborators Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner, and Catherine O’Hara, all within the span of a few months. And Marty, Life Is Short <\/em>functions as a love letter to his wife Nancy<\/a>, or Nan, died of ovarian cancer in 2010.<\/p>\n“My daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and did the best she could, until she couldn’t. So Nan’s last words to me were, ‘Mart, let me go.’ And she was just saying, “Dad, let me go,'” Short recalled.<\/p>\n
“If I wasn’t going to talk about this, then I would have pushed the documentary, because it is \u2014 listen, it’s called Marty, Life Is Short<\/em>,” the actor leveled. “And suddenly, last October, I lost Diane Keaton on the same day I lost my sister-in-law, Nancy’s sister, to cancer. Then Rob and Michelle have been my lifelong friends for 40 years \u2014 Reiner. And then Catherine O’Hara and then my daughter. I mean it’s been in four months. Staggering.”<\/p>\n
Martin Short has opened up about the recent death of his daughter, Katherine Short.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
“It’s been a nightmare for the family,” he said in his first interview since her death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Katherine died by suicide on Feb. 23 after her father lost his friends Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, and Diane Keaton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Martin Short<\/a> has broken his silence on the recent death of his daughter<\/a>.<\/p>\n After Katherine Short was discovered dead at 42 in her Hollywood Hills home on Feb. 23, a representative for the Only Murders in the Building <\/em>star expressed Martin’s “profound grief.”<\/p>\n “The Short family is devastated by this loss and asks for privacy at this time,” the representative said. “Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”<\/p>\n Two days later, Short’s cause of death<\/a> was confirmed as a result of suicide. The comedian has since kept a low profile as he prepares to release Marty, Life Is Short<\/em><\/a>, a new documentary about him, on May 12.<\/p>\n Short sat down for his first interview since his daughter’s death on Sunday, telling CBS Sunday Morning <\/em>correspondent Tracy Smith that “it’s been a nightmare for the family. But the understanding that mental health and cancer, like my wife, are both diseases \u2014 and sometimes with diseases they are terminal.”<\/p>\n Martin Short interviewed on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ in 2026 It isn’t just Katherine’s death that has rocked Short’s life as of late. Before that, he lost friends and collaborators Diane Keaton, Rob Reiner, and Catherine O’Hara, all within the span of a few months. And Marty, Life Is Short <\/em>functions as a love letter to his wife Nancy<\/a>, or Nan, died of ovarian cancer in 2010.<\/p>\n “My daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and did the best she could, until she couldn’t. So Nan’s last words to me were, ‘Mart, let me go.’ And she was just saying, “Dad, let me go,'” Short recalled.<\/p>\n “If I wasn’t going to talk about this, then I would have pushed the documentary, because it is \u2014 listen, it’s called Marty, Life Is Short<\/em>,” the actor leveled. “And suddenly, last October, I lost Diane Keaton on the same day I lost my sister-in-law, Nancy’s sister, to cancer. Then Rob and Michelle have been my lifelong friends for 40 years \u2014 Reiner. And then Catherine O’Hara and then my daughter. I mean it’s been in four months. Staggering.”<\/p>\n
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