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Gossip & Rumors: Conan O'brien Pays Tribute To His Late

GOSSIP & RUMORS: Conan O’Brien pays tribute to his late parents after they died days apart

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Conan Oโ€™Brien is sharing sweet childhood memories of his beloved late parents.

The comedianโ€™s mom, Ruth Reardon Oโ€™Brien, died at age 92 just three days after his dad, renowned physician Dr. Thomas Oโ€™Brien, passed away on Dec. 9 at age 95.

Oโ€™Brien reflected on their lives in a new interview with The Boston Globe.

โ€œI think what my mother and father saw in each other was that they were kindred spirits,โ€ the 61-year-old told the outletย in the interview published on Dec. 17. โ€œThey were incredibly hard-working and disciplined.โ€

Conan Oโ€™Brien arrives at the LA Premiere of Max Original Travel Series โ€œConan Oโ€™Brien Must Goโ€ at Avalon Hollywood & Bardot on April 16, 2024. Getty Images

Oโ€™Brienโ€™s father was an epidemiologist and a Harvard professor who cofounded the World Health Organizationโ€™s Collaborating Centre for Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. Throughout his career, he traveled the world to help train and consult with fellow doctors internationally on the topic.

Oโ€™Brien told one story, in particular, about his dad, highlighting the doctorโ€™s work ethic.

โ€œMy dad was the dreamer,โ€ he said. โ€œMy dad was the one who was saying, โ€˜Iโ€™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.’โ€

Thomas Francis Oโ€™Brien, MD, passed away on Dec. 9, 2024.
YouTube / iRelaunch

One year, the physician let Oโ€™Brien miss school so they could attend an international work trip together.

โ€œHe took me on a trip through South America when I was, I think, in seventh grade,โ€ Oโ€™Brien told the paper. โ€œHe thought, โ€˜Youโ€™re going to learn more traveling through these various neighborhoods and cities in South America for a week and a half than you will in public school in Brookline.โ€™ I think he put the travel bug in me.โ€

And that he did. Oโ€™Brien went on toย incorporate international travel into his TBS talk show and hostedย the Emmy-nominated Max travel seriesย โ€œConan Oโ€™Brien Must Go.โ€

The podcast host described his mother as โ€œheroic,โ€ as she balanced life as a lawyer and a parent to six children. Ruth and Thomas, who were married for 66 years, raised Oโ€™Brien and his five siblings โ€” Neal, Luke, Kate, Jane andย Justin.

Ruth Reardon Oโ€™Brien died peacefullyโ€ on Dec. 12, 2024. YouTube / iRelaunch

โ€œMy 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,โ€ the producer reflected. โ€œSheโ€™s doing all this mom stuff, and when that was done, rushing into a phone booth and becoming Ruth Oโ€™Brien, second woman partner at Ropes & Gray.โ€

Despite her hectic schedule, Oโ€™Brien noted his mom was quick to volunteer her services if older people in the neighborhood needed assistance. โ€œShe would rush in and help take care of their legal problems,โ€ he said.

โ€œIf anyone was unhappy around my mom in a 50-mile radius, she thought it was incumbent on her to fix the problem,โ€ he noted. โ€œIt did not make her life easy, but it was very much a part of her Catholic drive โ€“ that โ€˜I have to be of service to people.โ€™ And good God, she was.โ€

As for Thomas, he โ€œthought it was important to hear peopleโ€™s stories,โ€ Oโ€™Brien said.

โ€œHe cared deeply about people who were very different from him,โ€ the โ€œSaturday Night Liveโ€ alum added, โ€œand from completely different backgrounds. Thatโ€™s the real beauty of his legacy.โ€

Conan Oโ€™Brien at the HBO | Max Emmy Nominee Celebration held at nya EAST on Aug. 11, 2024. Variety via Getty Images

It was announced earlier this month that Thomasโ€™ โ€œhealth had been failing,โ€ per The Boston Globe. Ruth died โ€œpeacefully,โ€ according to her obituary shared by the Bell-Oโ€™Dea Funeral Home.

โ€œScience has said thereโ€™s no such thing as perpetual motion, but my father was proof that that was wrong,โ€ Oโ€™Brien told The Boston Globe at the time. โ€œMy father was in constant motion. And he was interested in everything โ€“ absolutely everything.โ€

He noted that his dad was โ€œoften the funniest guy in the room.โ€ According to The Boston Globe, Thomas also introduced his and Ruthโ€™s six children to Charlie Chaplin and the Marx Brothersโ€™ movies.

โ€œThe loudest Iโ€™ve ever heard anybody laugh was sitting next to him in a theater watching Peter Sellers in a Pink Panther movie,โ€ Oโ€™Brien recalled in his tribute. โ€œAnd when he would laugh, his whole body would convulse and he would almost hug himself.โ€

โ€œFor the rest of my time on earth I will be hearing from people who want to talk with me about my dad,โ€ continued the celebrity. โ€œIโ€™ve never met anyone like him, and he happens to be my father. If I met him randomly in a hotel lobby, Iโ€™d think, โ€˜Who the hell is this guy? Heโ€™s the most interesting person Iโ€™ve ever met.โ€™โ€



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