Martin Shorts Wifes Last Words Spark Heartbreak

Martin Short has offered a glimpse into the final moments he spent with his wife Nancy Dolman, and how it connects with the recent heartbreaking loss of his daughter Katherine.

Nancy battled ovarian for three years before succumbing to the disease in 2010 at age 58, while Katherine, 42, took her own life in February, after a long battle with mental illness.

Speaking to The New York Times in an interview published on Friday, the 76-year-old actor shared the last words that Nancy spoke to him.

'Martin, let me go,' Short described Nancy telling him.

'Katherine was saying: Dad, let me go,' he explained. 'I don't see any difference between mental illness as a disease and cancer as a disease. In some cases, both are terminal. And in some cases, both are survivable.'

The Only Murders in the Building star, who was , in the documentary, Marty, Life is Short, before her own passing in January, said he is still grappling with his daughter's death. 

He added it feels different from Nancy's death because 'this is your child. I am trying to head toward the light.'

Short met Nancy in 1972 when he was appearing in a production of Godspell. He was dating and living with his co-star – and future SNL star - Gilda Radner at the time, but two years later they broke up and Short started dating Nancy.