KentK93 said:
Praying for Martin Short. Suicide is always hard on those left behind. You are always wondering if you could have done something different to help them through that dark time.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/martin-shorts-daughter-katherine-dies-at-42
1981 Monte Carlo said:
Heartbreaking...every parent's worst nightmare. Didn't know he had lost his wife...cannot even imagine.
LawHall88 said:1981 Monte Carlo said:
Heartbreaking...every parent's worst nightmare. Didn't know he had lost his wife...cannot even imagine.
He also lost both his parents before he turned 20.
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Martin Short's mother, Olive Grace Short (ne Hayter), died of cancer in 1968. Martin was 17 years old at the time (born March 26, 1950, so he turned 18 later that year). Some sources specify it occurred on Valentine's Day (February 14, 1968).
His father, Charles Patrick Short, died two years later in 1970 (most sources list this as complications from a stroke). Martin was 20 years old at the time. One detailed family tree record gives a specific date of June 7, 1970.
1981 Monte Carlo said:
Heartbreaking...every parent's worst nightmare. Didn't know he had lost his wife...cannot even imagine.
Kathie Lee Gifford once asked Martin Short if he was “still in love,” not knowing his wife had died a year earlier. He replied “madly in love.” Later, he said he didn’t correct her to avoid embarrassing her on live TV — and because it was still true.
— cinesthetic. (@TheCinesthetic) February 9, 2026
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