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Martin Short<\/a> dove into mental health issues and his daughter’s tragic suicide at a fundraiser gala thrown by Selena Gomez<\/a> … noting he will grieve his child forever.<\/p>\n The actor took the stage at the 2026 Rare Impact Fund Benefit Wednesday night — the annual fundraiser supports Selena’s charity, the Rare Impact Fund — and he got deep.<\/p>\n Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media.<\/p>\n The Katherine Short<\/a> Legacy Award — an award named in honor of Martin’s daughter — was unveiled at the benefit … and the “Only Murders In The Building” star presented it and shared some words about Katherine.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Martin said he’s learned this year that mental illness is a disease just like cancer … and sometimes, those diseases can be terminal.<\/p>\n His wife, Nancy Dolman, died in 2010 after being diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n Martin says his daughter fought for as long as she could … but ultimately the disease took her life.<\/p>\n We broke the story … Katherine died<\/a> from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in her Los Angeles home back in February — about a month after Martin’s longtime friend and fellow actor Catherine O’Hara<\/a> tragically passed away<\/a> after a battle with cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n In an interview with “CBS News Sunday Morning” a few months after Katherine passed, Martin called her death a “nightmare for the family<\/a>.”<\/p>\n She was just 42 years old.<\/p>\n