Steve Martin and Martin Short Honor Catherine O’Hara With Emotional Toast

The world is mourning the loss of Catherine O’Hara, and her fellow comedy legends Steve Martin and Martin Short raised a glass in tribute to her during the comedy show the night of her death.

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“Catherine O’Hara I met when she was 18 years of age,” Short, 75, said during a comedy show on Friday, January 30. “All these years later, she’s been the greatest, most brilliant, kindest, sweetest angel that any of us worked with so, God bless Catherine.”

He and Martin, 80, then toasted to O’Hara as the audience erupted into cheers and applause.

The Beetlejuice star’s passing shocked fans on January 30, with TMZ the first to report the news. Page Six later said O’Hara had experienced a brief illness, while TMZ reported she was transported to the hospital in “serious condition” just hours earlier.

Since news broke of her passing, tributes from fans and costars alike have flooded in. Eugene Levy, who was very close with O’Hara for over 50 years, told People that “words seemed inadequate to describe the loss” he felt when he learned of her death.

“From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years on Schitt’s Creek, I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship,” the American Pie star, 79, continued. “And I will miss her. My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and the entire O’Hara family.”

His son, Dan Levy, who also starred in Schitt’s Creek with O’Hara, echoed his dad’s sentiments in an emotional message shared via Instagram.

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“What a gift to have gotten to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance for all those years,” he wrote alongside a carousel of photos of him and O’Hara together. “Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my Dad, Catherine was extended family before she ever played my family. It’s hard to imagine a world without her in it. I will cherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her.”

As tributes continue to pour in, no cause of death has been officially released, and her representative told People that the family plans to celebrate her life in a private ceremony.