Martin Short speaks for the first time about the death of daughter Katherine
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Martin Short broke his silence on the recent death of his daughter Katherine Short.
During a May 10 appearance on CBS Sunday Morning, the 76-year-old actor and comedian talked about how he’s dealing with the loss of Katherine, who died by suicide at the age of 42 in February. Short shared Katherine with his late wife Nancy Dolman, who died after a battle with ovarian cancer in 2010.
“It’s been a nightmare for the family,” Short said of Katherine’s death.
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Martin Short opened up about how he and his family coped with the death of his daughter Katherine Short. (Gregg DeGuire/FilmMagic)
“But understanding [is] that mental health and cancer, like my wife’s, are both diseases, and sometimes fatal diseases,” he continued. “And my daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and she did everything she could until she couldn’t.”
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Fox News Digital previously confirmed that Katherine died by suicide on Feb.23.
Short shared Katherine and sons Henry and Oliver Short with his late wife Nancy Dolman. (Robin Platzer/Anonymous)
According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner, the place where Katherine died was listed as her residence, and the cause was determined to be “a gunshot wound from Mr. [the] head.”
“It is with great sadness that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short,” a family representative shared a statement with Fox News Digital at the time.
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“The Short family is devastated by this loss, and requests privacy at this time. Katherine was loved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought to the world.”
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Short and Dolman pictured with Katherine and Oliver in 1989. (Getty Images)
Katherine was the eldest of three children Short had with Dolman. The two also have sons Oliver, 40 and Henry, 36. The couple were married for more than three decades before Dolman’s death.
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Before her death, Katherine built a career as a licensed clinical social worker in Los Angeles, specializing in therapy and mental health advocacy after studying psychology at New York University and earning a master’s degree in social work at the University of Southern California. She has worked both in private practice and in community outreach related to mental health services.
Despite a career defined by humor — from role model wedding planner Franck on “Father of the Bride” to his latest turn on the Emmy-winning series “Only Killing in the Building” — Short has never shied away from talking about the secret heartbreak that happened behind the scenes.
Early in his life, Short suffered a number of family tragedies in a short period of time, including the death of his older brother David in a car accident in 1962 when the actor was only 12 years old. Short’s mother, Olive, died of cancer in 1968 and his father, Charles, died of a stroke two years later in 1970.
Katherine worked as a licensed social worker before her death. (Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar)
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Years after Dolman’s death, the comedian admitted that his children they wandered through a difficult time without their mother.
“It’s been a difficult two years for my children,” she told The Guardian in October 2012.
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“This thing in life that we live in denial that it will ever happen to us or our loved ones, if we gain a little and suffer a little. There is no big surprise.”
Short and Dolman were married for more than three decades before his death. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Gallla Collection)
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About ten years later, he thought about how grief changes rather than disappears.
“It’s hard,” he said AARP in 2019. “I still talk to him all the time. He says ‘Hey, Nan,’ you know?”
He added, “I believe that when people die, they bring their loved ones closer. This idea that it ends, and you don’t talk about them – that’s wrong. That’s based on the denial that we’re all going to die. So for me, it’s still there.”
