Prior to her death, Catherine O'Hara found lasting love with husband Bo Welch - and Beetlejuice played a major part in their love story. News broke on Friday, January 30, 2026, that O'Hara died at the age of 71. The Schitt's Creek alum's cause of death has yet to be revealed. O'Hara's sudden death had many fans wondering about her life and legacy, including who she is survived by. She was lucky in love, meeting Welch in 1987 on the Beetlejuice set and tying the knot five years later. Despite falling for each other on the movie set, it wasn't until director Tim Burton got involved that Welch actually made a move. Catherine O'Hara's Life in Pictures: A Look Back at Her Most Iconic Moments "Tim told me, 'You should ask Catherine out.' It didn't even occur to me that I was even supposed to talk to actors," Welch told Uproxx in 2015. "But since Tim told me to, I did, and then we dated and we're married and here we are today." Scroll down to learn more about O'Hara's husband, Welch: How Did Catherine O'Hara Meet Bo Welch? O'Hara met Welch on the set of Beetlejuice in 1987. In the film, O'Hara played Delia, while Welch was a production designer. Following their meet-cute, O'Hara moved from Canada to Los Angeles to continue her romance with Welch. O'Hara recalled during a 2019 interview with The New Yorker that she and Welch started dating toward the end of filming. "We went on location at the end of the movie, and we started dating. I moved to L.A. to be with him," she shared. "Yeah, I moved for love." Catherine O'Hara, Bo Welch. Kevin Winter/Getty Images What Does Bo Welch Do for a Living? While Welch studied architecture at the University of Arizona, he learned shortly after moving to Los Angeles that it wasn't his dream job. "Even though I loved the education, and I loved architecture - I still do - I hated the job," Welch told Kingdom of Dreams in January 2024. Welch pivoted to a job in the art department for Universal Studios in 1977, working his way up to set designer in the mid-1980s. His first major design credit came on 1987's The Lost Boys. He has since worked on Edward Scissorhands, the Men in Black trilogy and the show A Series of Unfortunate Events. Welch has been nominated for Oscars for his work. 'Home Alone' Cast: Where Are They Now? Macaulay Culkin, Catherine O'Hara Is Bo Welch Canadian? Unlike O'Hara, Welch is not from Canada. The set designer was born in Yardley, Pennsylvania. When Did Catherine O'Hara Marry Bo Welch? O'Hara and Welch tied the knot in April 1992 after five years of dating. Following their wedding, Beetlejuice director Tim Burton gave the newlyweds a private tour of the Vatican in Vatican City, Italy, and it was a comical affair. "OK, so a priest took us around - he got yelled at at one point," O'Hara recalled on The Kelly Clarkson Show in February 2024 of the awkward tour. "I wish I spoke Italian, but he was definitely getting yelled at by another priest because we were in the pope's closet, like, looking at garments and stuff. It was crazy." The tour ended on a positive note, according to O'Hara, who said they got to see where the gifts that the Vatican receives are stored. "And this priest is just letting us open cases, and pretending to put a crown inside Bo's backpack, taking pictures," she said. Bo Welch, Catherine O'Hara. Michael Tran/AFP Do Catherine O'Hara and Bo Welch Have Children? The Best in Show actress welcomed her first child with Welch, son Matthew, in 1994. Their second son, Luke, was born in 1997. The couple raised their sons in Canada, but both of them have followed in their parents' footsteps and worked in Hollywood. How Many Times Did Bo Welch Work With Wife Catherine O'Hara? In addition to working together on 1988's Beetlejuice, where Welch and O'Hara met, they collaborated on A Series of Unfortunate Events. Welch was a director on five episodes of the Netflix series and the production designer for the show, which ran from 2017 to 2019. O'Hara, for her part, played Dr. Orwell in four episodes.