Martin Short

Martin Short (1950 - )
==Film Deaths==
*Pure Luck (1991) [Eugene Proctor]: Presumably dies (off-screen) along with Sheila Kelley after falling over a waterfall. The film ends with the pair floating down the river on a piece of a pier that has broken off and is headed towards the waterfall. (Played for comic effect.)
*Mars Attacks! (1996) [Jerry Ross]: Bashed in the head with a statue by Lisa Marie on top of his finger being bitten and torn off by Lisa's Martian form while Martin tries to call on the phone for help. 
*The Prince of Egypt [Huy]: Along with the rest of Rameses army, Huy drowns (off-screen) and is not seen again, implying to have died.
*Legend of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2013; animated) [The Jester/Appraiser]: As the Jester, he tosses himself into a tornado to chase after the staff. (Appraiser survives the movie.)
*Inherent Vice (2014) [Dr. Rudy Blatnoyd, D.D.S.] "Bitten" on the throat (off-screen) with an artificial set of fangs (presumably by Martin Donovan). We learn of his death afterwards when Josh Brolin informs Joaquin Phoenix.
*The Addams Family (2019) [Grandpa Frump]: Dies (off-screen) of undisclosed causes. We learn of his death during the beginning of the film where Morticia (Charlize Theron) uses her father's ashes for her blush for her wedding to Gomez (Oscar Isaac). He and his wife's (Catherine O'Hara) voices are heard during a séance when Morticia is contacting them through a Ouija Board.
==Television Deaths==
*The Last Man on Earth: Karl (2018) [Man in SUV]: Struck through the back with an axe by Fred Armisen, who steals his car afterwards. (Played for darkly comic effect.)
*Saturday Night Live: December 21, 2024 (2024) [The Grinch]: In a cut for time sketch, he was beheaded by Lucy Liu after unintentionally killing the Whos in Whoville. 
==Notable Connections==
*Mr. Nancy Dolman (Widowed)
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