Conan O’Brien<\/a>‘s mother has passed away just three days after his father died.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Conan O’Brien has lost both of his parents within a week<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old TV host was left devastated after his dad Dr. Thomas O\u2019Brien passed away on Monday (09.12.24) at the age of 95 and he was dealt a double blow on Thursday (12.12.24) when his mom Ruth Reardon O\u2019Brien died at her home in Brookline, Massachusetts aged 92.<\/p>\n
The sad news was confirmed in an obituary for Ruth, which read: “O\u2019Brien, Ruth Reardon of Brookline passed away peacefully on December 12th, 2024, at age 92. Beloved wife of sixty-six years to Thomas Francis O\u2019Brien, M.D., who passed away on December 9th, 2024.”<\/p>\n
Conan paid tribute to his dad in an interview with the Boston Globe which was published on Thursday, saying: “Science has said there\u2019s no such thing as perpetual motion, but my father was proof that that was wrong.<\/p>\n
“My father was in constant motion. And he was interested in everything – absolutely everything … The loudest I\u2019ve ever heard anybody laugh was sitting next to him in a theater watching Peter Sellers in a Pink Panther movie … He was often the funniest guy in the room. And when he would laugh, his whole body would convulse and he would almost hug himself.<\/p>\n
\n“For the rest of my time on earth I will be hearing from people who want to talk with me about my dad. I\u2019ve never met anyone like him, and he happens to be my father. <\/p>\n
\n“If I met him randomly in a hotel lobby, I\u2019d think: \u2018Who the hell is this guy? He\u2019s the most interesting person I\u2019ve ever met’.”<\/p>\n
\nConan’s parents will be remembered at a joint funeral in Boston on December 18.<\/p>\n
\nConan previously shared an anecdote about his mum meeting movie funnyman Jim Carrey at a Christmas party and failing to recognise him.<\/p>\n
\nDuring an appearance on Ryan Tubridy\u2019s Virgin Radio show earlier this year, Conan said: “Years and years ago I had a Christmas party at my house.<\/p>\n
\n“This was at the height of Jim Carrey mania, you know, he was coming off of his fourth massive hit film, and it was like The Beatles … Everywhere Jim Carrey went there was a riot … <\/p>\n
\n“Out of the corner of my eye, I see my mother having a long chat with Jim Carrey, and I got nervous. When the party was over, I said: \u2018Mom, what were you talking to that man about? Jim?’<\/p>\n
\n“And she said: \u2018Oh \u2026 he told me that he\u2019s a comedian, and I told him: ‘Well my son\u2019s had his difficulties but he just keeps at it, and eventually made it. So if you just keep at it Jim, you\u2019re gonna make it too’.<\/p>\n
\n“And I said to her: \u2018Mom, I want you to go home to Boston and tell everyone you told Jim Carrey to keep at it!\u2019”<\/p>\n
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