Overview
- The 78th Emmy Awards opened their In Memoriam with a standalone tribute to Catherine O'Hara delivered by Macaulay Culkin, Annie Murphy and Dan Levy, which aired Monday, Sept. 14.
- Culkin called O'Hara 'mama' and said, 'She may have forgotten me — twice — but we will always remember her,' offering a personal, emotional framing for the segment.
- Dan Levy urged colleagues to 'always say yes' to O'Hara's instincts and creative ideas, while Annie Murphy shared stories of fans and small, personal moments that underscored O'Hara's reach.
- Singer Noah Kahan performed 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' as the telecast rolled a memorial reel that named many other TV and film figures lost this year, and Jamie Lee Curtis gave a tearful tribute to Rob Reiner later in the segment.
- O'Hara, who died Jan. 30 at 71 from a pulmonary embolism with rectal cancer listed as a contributing cause, was a two-time Emmy winner whose decades-long career on SCTV, Home Alone and Schitt's Creek has prompted repeated posthumous honors and renewed public tributes.