Months after the February 2026 death of his daughter Katherine, comedy icon Martin Short shared candid reflections in a CBS News Sunday Morning interview about the family’s ongoing grief and her long battle with mental illness.
Martin Short described the tragedy as “a nightmare for the family” during his emotional sit-down with CBS News Sunday Morning. He revealed that Katherine battled borderline personality disorder and other challenges for years, ultimately dying by self-inflicted gunshot wound behind a locked door with a note left at the scene, per her L.A. County death certificate. This comes after the initial reports of her passing at age 42 in her Hollywood Hills home.