[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Heartbreaking news about Martin Short and his family... According to TMZ, his daughter, Katherine Short, has died by suicide. She was only 42 years old. The Los Angeles Police Department and Fire Department responded to her home in the Hollywood Hills shortly after 6:40 p.m. on Monday, where she was found deceased. Law enforcement sources say Katherine passed away from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. So, so sad.