brought into the world" following her death at the age of 42. Katherine Short was a social worker, US media reported, and the eldest of three children her father adopted with actress and singer Nancy Dolman. "It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short," Martin Short's representative said in a statement to BBC News. "The Short family is devastated by this loss and asks for privacy at this time." Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times and TMZ her death was an apparent suicide. (BBC)