“Dukes of Hazzard” star Catherine Bach revealed she’s “good” and “on the up and up” after being hospitalized last year.
“It was very serious,” the 72-year-old actress said about her health scare in an interview with People at Cure Addiction Now’s third annual Fundraising Evening in Beverly Hills on Monday.
Bach added, “Yeah. It was a very serious situation.”
Bach’s daughter, Laura Lopez, who accompanied her to the event, said her mom is “back and better than ever.”
The actress shared that Lopez “took care of me during that time” that she was sick.
Bach was hospitalized for an embolism in October 2025, Fox News reported at the time.
An embolism is an obstruction or blockage in a blood vessel that deprives surrounding tissue of oxygen, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Bach was forced to miss a “Dukes of Hazzard”-related event at Cooter’s Place in Nashville, owned by her late co-star Ben Jones, due to her health scare.
“Due to unforeseen circumstances, Catherine Bach’s appearance at Cooter’s Place in Nashville on November 1 and 2, 2025, has been canceled,” the museum and gift shop wrote on Facebook at the time.
Cooter’s Place also apologized “for any inconvenience” in the message.
Following news of Bach’s hospitalization, several of her former co-stars showed support for the Daisy Duke actress.
“Attention ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ family! I just texted Catherine, and thankfully, she responded right away,” John Schneider said on social media.
“Yes, she is in the hospital, but she assures me that she is going to be fine,” the “Smallville” actor, 66, continued. “She appreciates all our prayers and support and is truly disappointed not to be traveling this weekend.”
Jones, who died of a heart attack this past August at age 84, promised that Bach would “share her story as soon as she is recovered.”
“She is so, so sorry to have to cancel her appearance at Cooter’s this weekend,” Jones wrote on Facebook at the time. “Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.”
Bach starred as Daisy Duke on “The Dukes of Hazzard” from its inception in 1979 to its final episode in 1985.
She also appeared in two “Dukes of Hazzard” TV films released in 1997 and 2000.
Her performance in the franchise made the Daisy Duke shorts famous.
