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Veteran actor Martin Short<\/strong> recently opened up about the death of his daughter, alongside other personal tragedies he has faced throughout his life. Despite the emotional toll, Short continues to make audiences laugh. A new documentary, Marty: Life Is Short, takes a deeper look at his life and career.<\/p>\n Martin Short<\/a> is known for his highly energetic comedy. He is now the subject of a new documentary by Lawrence Kasdan, Marty: Life Is Short.<\/p>\n Short discussed the defining losses in his life. He also spoke publicly about the death of his daughter for the first time.<\/p>\n Martin was 12 when his older brother was killed in a car accident. He was still in his teens when both his parents died. Short said he became familiar with grief from a very early age. \u201cWhat it developed in me was this muscle of survival and handling grief and a perspective on it,\u201d he said about the experience (via CBS<\/a>).<\/p>\n He said that those experiences also helped him handle performing on stage. \u201cI think if you\u2019ve gone through that, an audience not liking you is really not that important anymore,\u201d Short explained.<\/p>\n In 2010, Short lost his wife, Nancy Dolman, to ovarian cancer. The couple had been married for 30 years. \u201cIt was an equal ping pong match\u2026 although Tom Hanks would go up to Nancy, \u2018Aren\u2019t you tired of laughing at his jokes?’\u201d he said about his late wife.<\/p>\n But the most recent tragedy came this past February. Short\u2019s daughter, Katherine<\/a>, a social worker, died by suicide at the age of 42.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s been a nightmare for the family,\u201d Short said. \u201cBut the understanding [is] that mental health and cancer, like my wife\u2019s, are both diseases, and sometimes with diseases they are terminal. And 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\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cSo, Nan\u2019s last words to me were, \u2018Martin, let me go.\u2019 And what she was just saying [was], \u2018Dad, let me go.’\u201d<\/p>\n Marty: Life Is Short premieres on Netflix on May 12.<\/p>\n The post \u2018Nightmare for the Family\u2019: Martin Short Breaks Silence on Daughter\u2019s Death<\/a> appeared first on ComingSoon.net – Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.aol.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Veteran actor Martin Short recently opened up about the death of his daughter, alongside other personal tragedies he has faced throughout his life. 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