Martin Short shares late wife Nancy Dolman’s last words — and connection to daughter Katherine’s death

Martin Short is opening up astir loss.

The comedian drew a relationship betwixt nan past words his precocious wife Nancy Dolman said to him earlier her 2010 decease and their girl Katherine’s termination successful February.

While speaking pinch nan New York Times Friday, Short recalled Dolman telling him, “Martin, fto maine go.”

“Katherine was saying: Dad, fto maine go,” nan character continued. “I don’t spot immoderate quality betwixt intelligence unwellness arsenic a illness and crab arsenic a disease. In immoderate cases, some are terminal. And successful immoderate cases, some are survivable.”

Dolman — who tied nan knot pinch Short successful 1980 — died of ovarian crab astatine property 58.

Along pinch Katherine, who died astatine property 42, nan brace besides shared sons Oliver, 40, and Henry, 36, each of whom they welcomed via adoption.

However, Short, 76, expressed that losing his girl felt different than his wife’s passing.

“This is your child,” nan “Only Murders successful nan Building” prima stated. “I americium trying to caput toward nan light.”

Short is nary alien to grief, having mislaid his older relative David successful a car mishap erstwhile he was conscionable 12 years aged and his mom to crab erstwhile he was 17.

His begetter died from complications of a changeable conscionable 2 years later.

Last weekend, Short sewage candid connected Katherine’s abrupt death for nan first time.

“It’s been a nightmare for nan family,” he told “CBS Sunday Morning.”

Short explained that his girl “fought for a agelong clip pinch utmost intelligence health, borderline characteristic disorder, different things, and did nan champion she [could] until she couldn’t.”

The “Father of nan Bride” prima added that he felt it was important for him to speak retired astir nan circumstances of Katherine’s death.

“If I said to nan audience, immoderate assemblage I was in, ‘How galore person mislaid anyone from suicide?’ you’d beryllium stunned by nan hands that would spell [up]. ‘How galore person intelligence wellness successful their family?’ You’d beryllium stunned by nan hands that would spell up,” he detailed.

“So why dress that this is your ain pain?” he added. “Maybe by sharing your symptom it will thief different people’s pain.”

Katherine was found dormant from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at her Hollywood Hills location connected Feb. 23.

According to TMZ, police found a termination statement connected nan scene, though what was written has not been released.

Katherine worked arsenic a societal worker and owned a work dog named aft people vocalist Joni Mitchell to thief pinch “mental illness.”

News of her decease collapsed connected Feb. 24.

“It is pinch profound condolences that we corroborate nan passing of Katherine Hartley Short,” a spokesperson for Short confirmed to Page Six astatine nan time.

“The Short family is devastated by this loss, and asks for privateness astatine this time,” nan connection continued. “Katherine was beloved by each and will beryllium remembered for nan ray and joyousness she brought into nan world.”

If you aliases personification you cognize is affected by immoderate of nan issues raised successful this story, telephone aliases matter nan Suicide & Crisis Lifeline astatine 988.