Martin Short reveals daughter Katherine’s death has been a ‘nightmare for the family’ & opens up about her mental health
MARTIN Short has revealed daughter Katherine’s death has been a ‘nightmare for the family’ & opens up about her mental health.
The Only Murders in the Building star was left heartbroken in February when his eldest daughter was found dead.
The 42-year-old was found dead inside her Hollywood Hills home after a call was made to police about a potential suicide.
Now on CBS News Sunday Morning, Martin, 76, gave an emotional interview about her passing, and the years she spent battling with her mental health.
He said: “You know, it’s been a nightmare for the family, but the understanding that mental health – and cancer, my wife had – 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 and other things as well.
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“And did the best she could, until she couldn’t.”
He then referred to his late wife Nancy, who passed away in 2010 after battling ovarian cancer, saying: “So Nan’s last words to me were ‘Mart let me go’ and she was just saying ‘dad, let me go’.”
Katherine’s official death certificate from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health confirmed she died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
The document also confirmed she had been cremated.
Authorities discovered Katherine behind a locked door inside the property.
A note was recovered at the scene, though its contents have not been made public.