RIP thread for people involved in film

Both O'Hara and John Heard, who played the parents in Home Alone and Home Alone 2 both died at 71.

71 is a good age in this day and age. As difficult as it is to say, it was her time. I've known too many who didn't make it out of their teens before they passed.
And I know others who didn't even make it to their first birthday. And sadly, if you talk to a doctor, or a nurse, they'll tell you that they see certain illnesses that were, up until twenty or thirty years ago only showing up in folks in their 70s or 80s, are now showing up in folks in their 20s, and 30s onwards.
And their chance of survival is significantly lower.

I wouldn't call 71 "a good age in this day and age" either. It's not bad, but it's not great either. It's over a decade below the average life expectancy of a woman in Canada (84), or Ireland for that matter(84.5). For most people, they'd retire in their mid to late 60's, and to die half a decade later? Nah, that's not good.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/02/09/catherine-ohara-cause-of-death/

Apparently Catherine O'Hara's cause of death was a pulmonary embolism, due to a private battle with rectal cancer.

Oh I take no offence. I like discussion, I like agreement and disagreement, as long as folks are civil. I think it's great, to exchange ideas, and even if one disagrees, they understand the other point of view. (Barring an extreme opinion that is most definitely racist or xenophobic without an iota of fact or evidence).

(The following is OT, so feel free to ignore).
I might get a bit personal here (about myself, not anyone else), so apologies. 2025 was a rough year for me, to put it mildly. Tldr version is six funerals of family and extended family members, ranging in age from 70 to mid 90s. And the last funeral was my Mother, who passed in November. She was my last parent. The first of her siblings to die. And then in January, her dog died. She was 13, and my Mum taught her all these tricks, and she absolute adored my Mum. So losing her just complicated my grief even more. I won't go into too much, as this isn't the thread to discuss it.

So I'm going through a combination of grief and stress brain and while I still maintain living to 71 is a good age (I've known men and women who passed well before) , I understand other people don't agree with that position. Hence why I said 'agree to disagree'. Ideally, I'd love for us all to live to 100 and beyond, but the game of life isn't like that. I've been looking at the channel of Dr Liz O'Riordan, and she reiterates what you said, that it is often simply down to luck. And she speaks from experience, healthy lifestyle, ran marathons, still got cancer at 40, as well as two reoccurrences in the decade since then.

Anyways, I've blathered on too long. Thank you for your well explained and researched reply. And anyone who read this, thanks for taking the time to do so. ❤️

James Van Der Beek had died.

https://consequence.net/2026/02/james-van-der-beek-90s-actor-dead-at-48/

Very sad. Really diverse actor in his later years especially showing his comedic side.

RIP!

Rip Bud Cort.

Its a brilliant dark comedy. Still holds up.

Cort was one of those journeyman character actors who would pop up all over the place, playing odd of unpleasant characters. In Heat (1995) he was the restaurant manager who tried taking advantage of ex-con Drucker, demanding a cut of his wages. In Dogma (1999) he was the John Doe who ended up in a coma after being attacked by the skater punks, triggering the whole mess.

RIP Robert Duvall.
Another one of the greats of modern cinema. Feels like we’ve lost a few of them in recent time.

Brewster McCloud is one of the strangest and at times, the funniest films of the 70s.

I loved Harald and Maude too, the Cat Stevens music just seemed to fit the tone perfectly.

They just don’t make movies like that anymore…

Rip Bud Cort