Martin Short Opens Up About Daughter Katherine's Death by Suicide, Calls It a 'Nightmare' for the Family
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Charlotte Phillipp
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Summary
Martin Short speaks publicly for the first time about the death of his 42-year-old daughter Katherine, who died by suicide in February. He describes it as a "nightmare" for the family, while also drawing a parallel between mental illness and physical diseases like cancer (which claimed his wife's life), noting that both can be terminal. He shares that Katherine fought for a long time with extreme mental health issues including borderline personality disorder.
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But the understanding [is] that mental health and cancer, like my wife's, are both diseases, and sometimes with diseases they are terminal.
And my daughter fought for a long time with extreme mental health, borderline personality disorder, other things, and did the best
Martin Short is opening up about how his family is dealing with the recent death of his daughter, Katherine Short. Katherine died by suicide at age 42 in February.
