Stars across Hollywood turned to social media to express their sadness, with her Home Alone costar Macaulay Culkin posting a heartbreaking tribute to his onscreen mother, writing in part, “Mama. I thought we had time.”
Her Studio costar Seth Rogen was also among her celebrity friends processing the news, sharing in his own tribute, “I thought she was the funniest person I’d ever had the pleasure of watching on screen. Home Alone was the movie that made me want to make movies.”
“Getting to work with her was a true honour,” he continued. “She was hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous… she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it. This is just devastating. We’re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it."
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No further details were given about the Emmy-winning actress’ illness or cause of death, but she had previously disclosed that she was living with cardiac inversus, or dextrocardia with situs inversus. The rare congenital condition causes a person's heart and other internal organs to be on the other side of the body, creating a mirror image of where most people's organs are.
Despite her health issues, Catherine always had a knack for making others laugh—and tried to do it as much as possible.
“There’s no better survival instinct,” the Studio actress told Variety in March. “You’re so lucky if you’re raised with it. It’s one of God’s greatest gifts, because life is full of the dark and the light.”
She added, “You gotta look for the light. My parents were both really funny, and a sense of humor was always appreciated. Laughing and being funny was highly encouraged at our table."
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