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Catherine O'Hara has died at age 71, PEOPLE confirmed on Jan. 30
Her Home Alone costar Macaulay Culkin reacted to the sad news on Instagram
A cause of death has yet to be revealed
Catherine O'Hara'sHome AlonecostarMacaulay Culkinis reacting to the sad news ofher death.
The Emmy-winning actress's manager confirmed to PEOPLE on Friday, Jan. 30, that she has died at age 71. A cause of death has yet to be revealed.
InHome Alone,the 1990 holiday classic, O'Hara played a mom who accidentally leaves her son (played by Culkin) at home. They also starred together in the 1992 sequel,Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.
"Mama. I thought we had time," the star's onscreen son said in a sweettribute on his Instagram.
"I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you but I had so much more to say," he captioned side-by-side photos of himself and O'Hara inHome Aloneand in 2023. "I love you. I'll see you later."
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Culkin, 45, has previously called O'Hara a mother figure when recalling his time working with her onHome Alone, when he was only 10 years old, and its sequel.
The Canadian star supported Culkinat his Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremonyin December 2023, marveling at how he was "older than I waswhen I played his mother."
"Home Alonewas, is and always will be a beloved global sensation... the reason families all over the world can't let a year go by without watching and lovingHome Alonetogether is because of Macaulay Culkin," she said that day.
O'Hara and her husband,Bo Welch, once hada realHome Alone-like scarewith their sons Matthew and Luke (who are now adults.) "We were in New York once; I think it was New York," theSchitt's Creekstar told PEOPLE in January 2024.
"Bo and I got on the subway, we turned around, the doors are closing, and they weren't on… I screamed and people screamed with me," she recalled. The doors then reopened, and the boys joined their parents. "It makes me sick to think what could have happened," said O'Hara.
No further details have been shared about O'Hara's death. She is survived by her husband and children.
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