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Eugene Levy broke his silence on his death schitt’s creek Co-stars and partners of 50 years, Catherine O’Hara.
The 79-year-old actor US Weekly After Friday, January 30 News of O’Hara’s death 71 years old.
“Words seem inadequate to express the sense of loss I feel today. I had the privilege of knowing and working with the great Catherine O’Hara for more than fifty years,” Eugene said. “From the beginning we second city Stage, SCTV, movies we collaborate on Chris Guestto our glorious six years Shit creekI cherish our working relationship, but most importantly our friendship. “
“I will miss her. My heart goes out to her,” he concluded. Beau, Matthew, Lukeand the entire O’Hara family. “
Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy met in 1972 and immediately struck up a friendship that lasted more than half a century. O’Hara died in January 2026 at the age of 71 after a “brief illness.” He met Levy in 1972 while starring in “Godspell.” When she joined Second City, the two became close (…)
As well as playing the role of husband and wife in the play schitt’s creek, Eugene and O’Hara collaborated on many projects over the decades, including Christopher Guest’s films Waiting for Guffman (1996), best show award (2000), strong wind (2003), and for your consideration (2006).
The two first met in 1972 at Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen In 2020, they even admitted that they briefly dated “once or twice” during their early days working together as actors. The second city.
talking hollywood reporter In 2015, O’Hara opened up about their working relationship, telling the outlet, “I think in a way it was a very lucky situation that we ended up working together.”
In the same interview, Eugene said that playing a couple on screen was easy for them due to their natural chemistry.
“We’ve known each other for so long and we have a comfortable relationship,” Eugene explained. “When you do comedy, number one, you really want to work with the best people. It’s hard when you’re not working with the best people, so the bottom line is you need really good people who are really good at this particular kind of comedy.”
Catherine O’Hara and Eugene Levy.
(Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)The actress died on Friday She was at home in Los Angeles after a brief illness, her manager confirmed US Weekly.
A spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department later confirmed US Weekly Paramedics were called to the actress’ Brentwood home at 4:48 a.m. Friday to provide medical assistance. O’Hara was taken to hospital with “serious injuries.” The official cause of death has not yet been announced.
eugene’s son and, 42. With daughter Sarah39, both starred in the Emmy-winning sitcom schitt’s creek, There were also tributes to O’Hara after her death.
“What a gift it has been to dance under the warm light of Catherine O’Hara’s talent for so many years.” and wrote via Instagram on Friday. “Catherine worked with my father for more than fifty years and was already part of my extended family before she played my part. It’s hard to imagine a world without her. I will cherish every fun memory I had the privilege to create with her.”
He added: “My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke and every member of her beautiful extended family.”
As far as she is concerned, Sarah paid her heartfelt tribute on her own Instagram account.
“This sentence cuts so deep. What a privilege it was to know, work with and love Catherine O’Hara,” Sarah wrote in the caption. “Cheers to everything you brought to this world – you will be missed so, so much. ❤️”
