Overview
- Official records list Feb. 23 as the date of death and identify a gunshot wound to the head as the cause at her Hollywood Hills residence.
- LAPD and Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to her home shortly after 6:40 p.m. following reports of a possible suicide.
- The Short family confirmed Katherine Hartley Short’s death in a statement expressing profound grief and requesting privacy.
- Katherine was a licensed clinical social worker with degrees from NYU and USC and volunteered with mental-health nonprofit Bring Change 2 Mind.
- Martin Short has postponed upcoming tour dates with Steve Martin in Milwaukee and Minneapolis, with venues indicating shows will be rescheduled.