Deceased on Friday, January 30, at the age of 71, the actress Catherine O’Hara, known for her roles in “Home Alone”, “Schitt’s Creek” and “Best in Show”, suffered from an extremely rare congenital anomaly.
It is dextrocardia with situs inversus, a peculiarity present in less than one person in 10,000, according to News.ro.
This medical anomaly involves the inversion of the position of the internal organs, as in a mirror image.
His heart and stomach were on the right side of his body, and his liver on the left, an arrangement opposite to that found in most humans.
The medical dictionary of the Academy of Medicine shows that dextrocardia is, as a rule, congenital and can appear isolated or associated with the inversion of all organs.
O’Hara spoke publicly about this condition in 2021, with the humor that consecrated it.
“I’m a monster, aren’t I?”she joked, recounting how she accidentally discovered the diagnosis during tuberculosis tests.
“I don’t even know the name, because I don’t even want to know it”
A nurse had noticed irregularities in the electrocardiogram, and further investigations led to the surprising conclusion.
“He tells us: “You are my first case!” And I answered: “Very well”. I don’t even know the name, because I don’t even want to know it. Something like reverse cardio, and even dextrocardia and reverse something,” recalled the actress.
Although dextrocardia with situs inversus can complicate certain heart conditions or associated malformations, many people live without ever knowing they have this abnormality.
“People will start to think I’m ignorant because I don’t know that, but I don’t want to know because I wasn’t aware of it before.”said the actress
In the case of Catherine O’Hara, it remains unclear whether this anomaly had anything to do with her death
The exact cause of death has not been made public so far.
“I love you. We’ll see each other again”
We remind you that the Canadian-American actress and comedian Catherine O’Hara died on Friday, January 30, at the age of 71, after “a short illness,” according to his manager’s confirmation to Variety.
Actor Macaulay Culkin, who starred in the movie “Home Alone” (“Home Alone”), a production in which actress Catherine O’Hara played the role of his mother, sent an emotional message:
“Mom, I thought we still had time… I wanted to sit next to you and talk some more. I heard you, but I had so much to say. I love you. We’ll see each other again.”is the message posted by Macaulay Culkin on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of the two from Home Alone and another image from the 2023 Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony, where Culkin received a star and O’Hara was in attendance.
