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Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comedian, dies at 71

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O'Hara, a gifted Canadian-born comic actor and "SCTV" alum who starred as Macaulay Culkin's harried mother in two "Home Alone" movies and won an Emmy as the dramatically ditzy wealthy matriarch Moira Rose in "Schitt's Creek," died Friday. She was 71. O'Hara died at her home in Los Angeles "following a brief illness," according to a statement from her agency, Creative Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available. O'Hara's career was launched at the Second City in Toronto in the in 1970s. It was there that she first worked with Eugene ...

Kathleen M. Cundiff 1955-2026

CHAMPION — Kathleen Marie Cundiff, 70, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2026, at St. Joseph Warren Hospital. She was born Sept. 24, 1955, in Youngstown, a daughter of Joseph and Barbara Soski Reen. Survivors include her daughter, Melissa Telles-Duncan of Champion; sisters, Sandy Mathers of Florida and Janet Williams of Texas; and three grandchildren. Kathleen was preceded in death by her daughter, Crystal Marie Cundiff. Arrangements by Carl W. Hall Funeral Home.

Services

MARY GRACE AURANDT, 70, Poland. SERVICES: 5 p.m. Friday, Davis-Becker Funeral Home, Boardman. CALLING HOURS: 3 to 3:45 p.m. Friday, funeral home. PAULA M. DANKO, 77, Middlefield. SERVICES: 1 p.m. Sunday, Best Funeral Home, Middlefield. CALLING HOURS: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, funeral home. NORMAN GATTA, 101, Niles. SERVICES: 2 p.m. Friday, Joseph Rossi and Sons Funeral Home, Niles. CALLING HOURS: 1 to 2 p.m. Friday, funeral home. DOMINICK A. GUARINO, 68, Hubbard. SERVICES: noon Saturday, Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home, Hubbard. CALLING HOURS: 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, funeral ...

Virgil L. Owens 1953-2026

NEWTON FALLS — Virgil Lee Owens, 72, passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, after an extended illness in Akron. Virgil was born July 17, 1953, in Braceville, the son of the late Early and Marie Broome Owens. Some of Virgil’s favorite pastimes were fishing, listening to music and ...

Blaine E. Dydell 1963-2026

VIENNA — Blaine E. Dydell, 62, formerly of Newton Falls, died at home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, following a heart attack. He was born July 30, 1963, in Fort Benning, Georgia, the son of William Robert Dydell and Joanne Kathryn OBrock Dydell. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and retired from ...

Keith P. ‘Blue’ Miller 1959-2026

WARREN TOWNSHIP—Keith Pierre “Blue” Miller, 66, the son of Ernest L. Miller and Barbara Jenkins, born Aug. 14, 1959, in Youngstown, departed this life Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, a year after his beloved wife, Debra Griggs, whom he married July 22, 1988. Keith graduated from Warren Western ...