Although it\u2019s not Christmas yet, Home Alone fans are having a sad realization about the hit film, and believe they\u2019ll never be able to watch it the same way again following Brenda Fricker\u2019s death.Fricker, who played \u2018the Central Park pigeon lady\u2019 in film Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, alongside Macaulay Culkin in 1992, sadly died aged 81, earlier this week, her agent confirmed.<\/p>\n
In a statement, her agent Phil Belfield said: \u201cWe will never see her like again and the world is lesser for the lack of her.\u201d
\nHe added: \u201cI was honoured to know, love and work with her and she will always have a place in my heart and in the heart of so many film and TV fans the world over.\u201d
\nFricker\u2019s death came just six months after the death of fellow Home Alone actress Catherine O\u2019Hara, who died in January, at the age of 71. With the loss of both actors in the same year, fans already know the Christmas viewing will be emotional this year.<\/p>\n
Fellow Home Alone star Catherine O\u2019Hara also died this year (Photo by Franco Origlia\/Getty Images)
\nTaking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan wrote: \u201cRewatching Home Alone this Christmas is going to be especially painful. Within just a few months, the franchise lost two of its most beloved stars: Catherine O\u2019Hara, who played Kevin\u2019s devoted mother Kate McCallister, and Brenda Fricker, remembered as the kindhearted Pigeon Lady from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another penned: \u201cIt\u2019s going hard to watch Home Alone and Home Alone 2 now with both Brenda Fricker and Catherine O\u2019Hara gone.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCatherine O\u2019Hara and now Brenda Fricker!\u201d a third wrote. \u201cHome Alone 2 is gonna hit differently this year when Christmas comes around! RIP.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara was best known for playing the role of Kate McCallister in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), who was the mother of Macaulay Culkin\u2019s character, Kevin McCallister.<\/p>\n
Brenda became the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar (Getty Images)
\nIn February, it was revealed on O\u2019Hara\u2019s death certificate that she died of a pulmonary embolism.<\/p>\n
As well as the blood clot in her lungs, it was also written that rectal cancer was her long-term cause of death.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Hara had been receiving cancer treatment since March 2025, ten months before her death.<\/p>\n
Fricker\u2019s exact cause of death has not yet been revealed, although her agent said she had died after a \u2018period of ill health\u2019.<\/p>\n
As well as her role in Home Alone, Fricker was best known for her role in 1989 film My Left Foot, which won her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1990. The award saw her become the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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