Conan O'Brien closed out the 2026 Academy Awards with a solemn tribute to Martin Short, whose daughter died weeks before the ceremony. "It's been an honor and a joy," O'Brien, 62, said at the end of the Sunday, March 15, broadcast. "We love you, Marty Short, goodnight." Just three weeks before the Oscars, news broke that Katherine Hartley Short died by suicide at age 42. "It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short," a rep for Martin, 75, told Us Weekly in a statement last month.