Actor Martin Short and Katherine Elizabeth Short at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on February 27, 2011, at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood. Katherine Short, a Los Angeles social worker and the daughter of actor and comedian Martin Short, has died. AdvertisementAfter news broke of his daughter’s death, Martin Short postponed a trio of shows on his joint comedy tour with Steve Martin. “I’ve been asked to write books over the years,” Martin Short told The Times in a 2014 interview at his Pacific Palisades home. Martin Short and Martin paid tribute to O’Hara during a recent stop on their joint comedy tour.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 25, 2026 15:17 UTC