
Conan O'Brien's Parents Die 3 Days Apart From Each Other After 66 Years Of Marriage
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The beloved comedian, who lauded his parents for raising six children, said he'd never heard anyone laugh louder than his father.
Dr. Thomas O’Brien and Ruth Reardon O’Brien, the parents of beloved comedian Conan O’Brien, died three days apart this week after 66 years of marriage.
Dr. O’Brien was in failing health prior to his death Monday at age 95, according to a report in The Boston Globe, which spoke to members of the O’Brien family. Ruth O’Brien died “peacefully” Thursday at 92, an obituary said.
The two were residents of Brookline, Massachusetts. Their causes of death have not been publicly disclosed.
Dr. O’Brien, known for his work in antimicrobial drug resistance, was an associate professor at Harvard Medical School, where he’d obtained a medical degree. He was also the first director of the infectious diseases division at what would become Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He retired in 2019 at age 90, per the Globe.
In his personal life, “Dr. O’Brien made sure his children knew comedy’s classics,” including the works of entertainers Jack Benny, the Marx Brothers and Charlie Chaplin, the outlet wrote.













