Catherine O'Hara's brother opens up about her final days, says her death was 'very unexpected'

During a recent episode of his podcast, "Dreams of Our Loved Ones," Michael P.

O’Hara reflected on what communication with his sister looked like in the days leading up to her death.

"She wasn’t talking much at the end … She didn’t really want to talk on the phone," he revealed.

"She didn’t live close by; she’s in Los Angeles."
Michael described his sister’s death as "very unexpected and very, very sad," but said that despite the physical distance between them, he experienced something meaningful shortly before her passing — a vivid dream that now feels like a final goodbye.

In the days since her death, he said those dream encounters have continued, offering him a sense of comfort as he grieved.

"Since then, I’ve had a lovely dream where I was visiting her, and she was in a new house, and it was being renovated, and she was really busy choosing furniture and couches.

And she said, ‘You can sleep here anytime, Michael.

You can come over and stay anytime,’" he said.

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The moment, he added, stirred up memories from earlier in their lives.

"It reminded me of when she was in ‘SCTV,’ and I was apprenticing at the Windsor Arms Hotel.

I would go over and sleep over at her place some nights because she had an extra bedroom.

Yeah, pretty cool.

But yeah, it was beautiful.

She was just so happy and very busy in the other world that she’s now in, but yeah, it’s beautiful," Michael recounted.

Michael closed out the episode with a reflection on what he called the emotional duality of dream encounters and said they offer a way for people to maintain a bond with their "deceased loved one."
"We’re all interconnected," he said.

"And the love, you know, continues no matter what.

They’re always with us."
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Born and raised in Toronto, Catherine rose to prominence through sketch and improvisational comedy, becoming a key figure in "SCTV" before transitioning into film and television roles that would cement her legacy.

Her career continued well into recent years.

Catherine reprised her role as Delia Deetz in "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," appeared in season two of HBO Max’s "The Last of Us" and starred in the Apple TV+ comedy "The Studio."
Catherine is survived by her husband, production designer Bo Welch, and their sons, Matthew and Luke, along with her siblings Michael, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Maureen Jolley, Marcus O’Hara, Tom O’Hara and Patricia Wallice.