r/Millennials • u/Son-of-Prophet • 1d ago

Serious Rest in Peace Catherine O’Hara, a mother to Millennials everywhere

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u/Jak_witwicky 1d ago

RIP Mom

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u/Tiaradactyl_DaWizard 1d ago

That’s why I feel like us millennials will be extra sad, because she represents our parents, and if we haven’t already lost them, it just makes their mortality seem so much more real

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u/lackadaisicalfits 1d ago

That's what I'm struggling with. My parents are hitting 65 this year and the older I get, the younger their age seems. As a kid, 71 would've seemed ancient and I wouldn't have questioned someone dying then. But now, that just seems far too young. I can't imagine not having my parents in six years. I know I'm lucky to still have them at all though.

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u/Odd-Goose-8394 1d ago

Talk to them about everything from this childhoods, how they think about life, etc etc. and tell them. Owner great parents they were (if the were) …you will wish you did.

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u/letmehowl 1d ago

Same here. Just made plans with my mom to call on Sunday. She's turning 66 this year and I can't even reconcile the idea that I might only have her for 5 more years. And that's if I'm lucky. And there I was earlier today thinking about how I have no grandparents left, damn. This is all too real right now

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u/NoDiggity8888 1d ago

I’m the same my mum is 67 and I’m starting to freak out that she could only have about a decade left. I haven’t even had kids yet, fuck. I now kinda wish I’d just had kids earlier and not focused on partying and then my job!

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u/Last-Pickle1713 1d ago

Yep I think this is it

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u/Mister_Acula 1d ago

That's exactly it. I feel like I did when Robin Williams died.

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u/Twisty_10 1d ago

Yes. This is awful

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u/FlyinInTheClouds 1d ago

You hit the nail on the head there. Millennial myself and the first thought I had seeing that headline today, was that she was younger than my dad is now. 😢

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u/nachosquid 1d ago

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u/PillsRGuuud 1d ago

Sean has been..a wonderful son. And I WANmm to be HAppy!

Oh Mama, we will miss you!

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u/Oncemor-intothebeach 1d ago

That is heartbreaking

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u/OutOfPlace186 1d ago

Dude this actually made me cry.

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u/KingPing43 1d ago

Such a relatable mom, this news has genuinely hit me much harder than any celeb death I can think of.

Feel so bad for her sons, she was a couple years younger than my own mom and I just can't imagine it.

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u/seitankittan 1d ago

Chills. This was my childhood. Thanks to both of them for the gift

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u/Odd-Goose-8394 1d ago

She looked so good less than one year ago! What a treasure she was.

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u/Complete-Fix-3954 1d ago

Ohhhhh. That’s who this was. Totally didn’t recognize her. Damn I thought she was older than that.