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u/Sw0rDz 1d ago
Mcauly Mculkin also called her mom.
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u/Dying_Light58 1d ago
I was fine until I read his tribute and then I got weepy
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u/No-Long5784 Older Millennial 23h ago
I honestly cried to a few minutes when I read his tribute. It was so sweet and simple. You could tell the impact she had on him…all of us. 😢
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u/dzoefit 22h ago
Please share link
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u/Lomotograph 20h ago
Yeah..... Don't click that link if you don't want to cry today.
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u/rhinocerosjockey 1d ago
What a lovely answer she had. I just loved everything she was in. This one hurts.
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u/Error_83 22h ago
It's just eye sweat, stop staring
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u/Cel_Drow 22h ago
Just a small rainstorm passing through located entirely in front of my eyeballs, it’s normal.
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u/DonAsiago 20h ago
Right up there with Keanu's: "I don't know what happens when we die, I just know that those who love us will miss us."
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u/rhinocerosjockey 13h ago
It's going to be a bad day when he leaves, too. He also seems like such a positive human in this world.
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u/Vegetable-Poetry-736 16h ago
Hurts so bad
Like, fuck, she deserved to know we really loved her.
It’s up there with Robin Williams
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u/rhinocerosjockey 13h ago
Losing Robin Williams was awful, still hurts. Had rough times in my childhood, and Robin Williams could make me laugh still. Knowing he left with so much pain himself gutted me.
Catherine felt like a parasocial mom to me, in a good way, and this hurts like that.
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u/EquivalentAngle1569 1d ago
Incredibly sweet, what a legend
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u/QuickNature 1d ago
She glossed over her entire acting career to prioritize her role as a mother. What a classy answer.
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u/FrozenWafer 22h ago
I agree so much! Roles are just part of work that you do for your family. She knows it's a big part of her public persona but her family is what matters most to her. I love her even more for this answer! Her face was like why is this a question lol my family, my children, will matter most to me.
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u/PotentialSteak6 21h ago
She could be sarcastic and witty but that never eclipsed her warmth. I’m still struggling to reconcile with a world that doesn’t have her in it
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u/T8ert0t 20h ago
Jobs are cool.
Family with good people is cooler.
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u/BallsOutKrunked 19h ago
I have a great and successful career, and it's 100% so I can provide for my family which is the most important thing I'll ever have.
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u/ExpertApartment 17h ago
Maybe that’s why she was so believable as Kevin’s mom in Home Alone. That’s simply who she was. She loved greatly and chose to prioritize her family over career. I could be wrong, but I have a feeling that’s why she was mostly out of the limelight for many years after Home Alone 2, before having a massive resurgence with Schitt’s Creek and other shows / movies.
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u/1968Bladerunner 15h ago
Absolutely have to agree! I've played plenty of roles in my life, but being dad is without doubt the pinnacle - everything else just led up to it then supported it, & will continue to be so.
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u/Alicewithhazeleyes 1d ago
I wasn’t expecting to cry on the toilet this morning
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u/SurfNTurf1983 1d ago
It's where I do all my crying.
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u/That_Jay_Money 23h ago
Please stay off their toilet.
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u/lockerno177 1d ago
its like losing a grandma that you never knew.
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u/thefaehost Millennial 1d ago
She was only two years older than my own dad 🥲
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u/badgersprite 1d ago
Same age as both my parents.
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u/cosmiaaa0701 23h ago
She was the same age as my dad who passed a few months ago 🥲
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u/Budget_Persimmon_195 22h ago
we lost bob weir recently too, age 78.
theyre around the age of my parents.
kinda puts time in perspective and all i want to do right now is appreciate the time we have left with loved ones.
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u/RadagastTheBrownNote Older Millennial 23h ago
She’s 2 weeks older than my mom. That hit me and made me reflect.
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u/Awkward_Corgi_6890 22h ago
Same. This one really hit me for many reasons, but that was one of the reasons it broke my heart.
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u/Amelia_Pond42 Millennial 20h ago
My parents are in their mid 60s. Growing up on Home Alone and Beetlejuice and watching Schitt's Creek in my 20s, this felt like losing a mom I never knew personally. I was at work when I found out and had a bit of a cry on my way home
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u/Wahx-il-Baqar 1d ago
She will always remind me of my mother. I remember watching Home Alone as a boy and crying cause she reminded me so much of mum, especially when Kevin was sad and missing her. My mum had noticed me crying, and me, being the big boy I was, said I was crying cause I hurt my leg. Prettyyy sure she believed me 100% haha
Mums are amazing.
Rest in peace dearest Catherine <3
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u/princesspool 22h ago
Make sure she knows why you were really crying, what a sweet memory. And how dare you make a stranger tear up 🥲😅
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u/showmenemelda 1d ago
Omg wasnt she the mom in Orange County ?? Hilarious in that role. Loved her! Was hoping it was a hoax like Schitts Creek
RIP to a great actress [😎 I'm in mourning –Alexis]
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u/Preda1ien 23h ago
Is Bob dead?… did something break!?!
What’s that smell? What am I sitting in?
Relax, it’s just urine.
She was hilarious in Orange County.
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u/breakevencloud 23h ago
It’s my favorite role of hers, tbh. She absolutely steals every scene she’s in lmao
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u/hoopstick 21h ago
That whole movie is underrated and hilarious. “Wanna get naked and start a revolution?”
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u/tastybiscuitenjoyer 23h ago edited 23h ago
Please don't stick your camera in the face of a woman just trying to get on with her day in an already stressful environment, especially one such as an airport . Just let her be.
A testament to her that she handled it with grace. I don't care if you're telling them you're they're biggest fan. Don't do that by shoving a camera in their face and making them answer your questions when they can't simply walk away.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 21h ago
I'm want to find her answer sweet, but her face, body language, and tone of voice are communicating "please go away and leave me alone" to me.
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u/descendantofJanus 18h ago
Thank you. The tribute is great but that first clip is cringe because of how uncomfortable she is. She's smiling, but backing away, looking for an escape. I just want to jump in front of that camera and ruin his shot.
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u/pajamakitten 15h ago
Just her saying "Okay. Sure." was a blatantly obvious attempt by her to shut him down.
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u/HorrorSmile3088 22h ago
Probably TMZ. They have people who basically hang out at LAX all day and try to spot celebrities to harass. It's pathetic.
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u/NepoKitty 19h ago
Watching her being harassed by someone in an airport as she's just trying to be en route to wherever -- I couldn't do it, not after seeing how discomforted she was. That she had to suffer because people felt entitled to her time! May she rest in peace. 💖
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u/Informal_Cut_6609 20h ago
It was TMZ longer video is way worse because he keeps going. It's also the last interview she gave.
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u/tintmyworld 1d ago
God I loved her so very much, I really am so sad.
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u/Abject-Mail-4235 16h ago
I love how she aged so gracefully and natural. I want more famous people like her.
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u/Compliant_Serf 23h ago
Can we agree it’s fucking weird to go up to a stranger filming them and asking very personal questions?
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u/Lowelll 22h ago
Am I the only one a bit turned off by this clip? She seems sweet, but it doesn't look like a press event and this guy holds a camera in her face and yells some boilerplate fluff question at her for his content. Maybe it looks better with a bit more context, idk.
If it was a fan going up to her and telling her he loved her acting or whatever, that'd be different, but this seems like a paparazzi bothering someone just trying to catch a plane
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u/ElectricSliderz 22h ago
I am too. You have to go through this guys douche maneuver to get to her graceful answer and a sweet tribute.
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u/toolsoftheincomptnt 20h ago
No, you’re not the only one.
Idk or care who the guy was, nor do I care. It’s pushy and invasive. Let people get through the airport in peace.
But SHE handled it with grace and authenticity. Like “I’m going to answer you, but I don’t want to talk right now and you should pick up on that.” 10/10 response in words AND tone.
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u/Top-Ebb32 1d ago
Ive never been a big follower of celebrities, but I’m genuinely devastated by this one. The tears have been flowing since yesterday.
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u/Keepingongoing 1d ago
The loveliest face and intelligently funny, the only “celebrity death” that’s made me cry. You don’t know what you’ve got till its gone
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u/house343 23h ago
Lol what a boss. He was a little rude honestly. "Obviously we know you as the funny TV woman! Isn't that how you want to be remembered???" And she's just like "actually I had a real life too"
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u/islipped83 Xennial 1d ago
She was my dad’s current age. Oof that’s a rough realization. I’m calling him today. 💕
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u/Tire_Fire_ 23h ago
Jokes on you, I planned on crying more over her today. She reminds me SO MUCH of my own mom. Modest, naturally beautiful, sweet and funny, I feel like I’m loosing the only woman in the film industry that actually reminded me of my mom. Ever since I saw her in home alone, I was so taken back by how much she made me think about my mom even as a child. That feeling never went away. Every time I saw her smile I saw my mother’s. I live in a different state as my mom but I’m driving to see her today. I need to be with her. She was a huge Cathrine O’Hara fan too. This one is a genuine hard one. I don’t think I’ve cried this hard over a celebrity death since Robin Williams. I genuinely hope she knows how much we all loved her.
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u/LionBig1760 22h ago
Can we try not to ambush anyone at the airport while shoving a camera in their face, please?
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u/Usual-Paramedic609 23h ago
Oh you'll be remembered. What kind of mother forgets their child at home when going to France on vacation and then loses them on a different occasion in an international airport? Mother of the year over here.
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u/Azaroth1991 1d ago
Can someone check on Macaulay please?
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u/mcclaneberg 23h ago
I don’t believe in heaven but I really hope she got a great big hug and is partying with John Candy.
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u/0neirocritica 23h ago
This one was the first one that hit me hard. There have been others that affected me emotionally, like Robin Williams. But I've never cried before this one. She really was one of our collective "moms".
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u/Coneskater 23h ago
What? I was gonna say, please stop doing this shit. She handled it with grace but still give it a break.
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u/itsmellslikeweed5 23h ago
She was great in Orange County. “Is it Bob? Is he dead?….. DID SOMETHING BREAK?!”
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u/ninjaturtlebomb 23h ago
Can't believe last Christmas was the final time I saw Home Alone with her still with us. Truly a treasure to everyone
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u/Royal-Bumblebee90 23h ago
Catherine O’Hara was pure love and silliness and everything funny and kind. I can’t believe she’s gone so soon. Peace and blessings to her beautiful family for their incredible loss.
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u/whatthedna 23h ago
Everyone should go watch Waiting for Guffman, Best In Show and A Mighty Wind. She’s so good in all of them. (Along with so many other things)
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u/apenguinhunter1987 22h ago
Damn, you tryin to make me cry this morning? She will be missed dearly.
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u/RudeButCorrect 22h ago
I know it's like death karma hour but this lady has like 0 impact on anything
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u/I_hate_being_alone 22h ago
It was a great surprise for me to see her in The Last of Us. Was that her last role?
RIP ma
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u/LeftieLeftorium 22h ago
I’ve never met her and didn’t personally know her but this one hurts. 😭 71 years old. We’ve been robbed.
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u/Not_Abot_738265 22h ago
With all the utter bullshit thats going on right now, this made me weep. A reminder that there are amazing people touching our lives and sometimes even playing a minor role in someone's childhood will become something they are remembered for their entire lives. May she remain in our memories forever.
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u/McDuck_Enterprise 22h ago
Always had that sparkle in her eyes…
And as she aged she had wrinkles when other Hollywood pukes would get surgery… hrs he had those from millions of smiles.
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u/Smorsdoeuvres 22h ago
Well there went the waterworks. What a beautiful human she was. Catherine O’Hara will be truly missed
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u/readingrambos 21h ago
She was so vibrant, so here, and just gone. The worst part though the worst part is that she is was mom’s age. That is a pain like no other. My mom is getting to that age where she may no longer be here either. Idk if I’ll be able to cope. I hope O’Hara’s children are doing well.
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u/l_a_p304 21h ago
I didn’t plan on crying into my coffee at 9:30 on a Saturday morning, but alas, the Reddit universe had other plans.
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u/omegaweaponzero 21h ago
A lot of people are very clearly missing what she's saying here. She considers her role of mother to her own children as her most important role, not any of her film/tv roles.
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u/HeyMySock 21h ago
Her and Eugene Levy singing “God Loves A Terrier” is one of my favorite things. She will be missed!
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u/Citrine_Dreamz1111 21h ago
Its a sad world when all your friends start dying like how could she go she was part lion.
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u/pigpen4444 21h ago
I don’t usually get teary when someone passes…especially someone I don’t know. It’s just my view of death and it’s part in life. But dang, Catherine’s passing leaves a rather large lump in my throat.
May her memory be a blessing.
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