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Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death has not been released.

Catherine O’Hara died on Friday, January 30 at the age of 71. PDO

Actress-comedian Catherine O’Hara died on Friday, January 30. He was 71 years old when he died.

His official cause of death has not been released, but O’Hara died at the hospital, according to media reports. Before his death, he was rushed to the hospital in a “serious condition” and he suffered, for example, from breathing problems.

For example Alone at home O’Hara, known from the films, had a rare congenital genetic diagnosis, or situs inversus. It is a genetic abnormality in which the internal organs are located in a mirror image of the normal anatomy.

Unlike usual, O’Hara’s heart is on the other side of the chest. So far, there is no evidence that this contributed to his death.

Catherine O’Hara shared her diagnosis in 2020.

– I’m a freak, he laughed People’s according to their condition.

O’Hara had been diagnosed more than 20 years ago. The matter was revealed at a doctor’s visit, when a heart film was taken from him. O’Hara said she was confused when the doctor changed the device in the middle of the examination and ordered her to have X-rays as well.

– I thought, what is happening here. He invited us to his reception and said you are the first I have met.

At that time, O’Hara first heard of a similar diagnosis. Growing up in a family of seven children, O’Hara wondered if her siblings knew where their hearts were.

Situs inversus can occur in such a way that all internal organs are in a mirror image, i.e. or partial, in which case only some internal organs are on opposite sides. The syndrome occurs in about one in ten thousand people.

According to People, most people with the syndrome do not know about it, as it occurs without symptoms.

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