Conan O’Brien pays tribute to parents who died 3 days apart: ‘They were kindred spirits’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/12/19/conan-obrien-parents-death-pays-tribute/77083576007/
Conan O’Brien pays tribute to parents who died 3 days apart: ‘They were kindred spirits’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/12/19/conan-obrien-parents-death-pays-tribute/77083576007/
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> “My parents complemented each other very well,” the Massachusetts native told the Globe, telling the outlet that “they were kindred spirits.” O’Brien’s dad Dr. Thomas F. O’Brien died Dec. 9 at age 95 and then, three days later, his mom Ruth Reardon O’Brien died at age 92, according to the outlet and reports from The New York Times.
> “My dad was the dreamer. My dad was the one who was saying ‘I’m off to Peru with a change of clothes in my briefcase to try and launch this website for a hospital there high in the mountains,’” O’Brien said.
> “My mother was the realist,” he said. “As my dad was rushing around doing this incredible work, my mom was the one who really saw to it when we were little kids that we were fed and our clothes were laid out, and that we got to our dental appointments and medical appointments.”
> O’Brien said that “if anyone was unhappy around my mom in a 50-mile radius, she thought it was incumbent on her to fix the problem,” adding that “it did not make her life easy, but it was very much a part of her Catholic drive — that I have to be of service to people.’ And good God, she was.”
> O’Brien said that when his dad cared about things, “he thought it was important to hear people’s stories. He was genuinely curious about other people.”
> He continued: “As much as he did, or will have been shown to have done, with antibiotic resistance, that’s really the quality that will resonate. He cared deeply about people who were very different from him, and from completely different backgrounds. That’s the real beauty of his legacy.”
It sounds devastating to lose them at the same time, but then I also wonder, maybe this is what they would have wanted to happen? Going out together. Hopefully that concept can giveConan and family a little solace.
Weren’t his parents into their 90s? What long beautiful lives they’ve lived. I used to listen to his podcast a lot and he talked about them often. You can tell he was well loved
Losing two parents at once is hard even if you’re a full grown adult. Good luck Conan! I’ve been watching you for years and I know you can make it through this
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