TV star devastated as beloved mum dies just three days after dad

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Just three days after losing his father, TV icon Conan O'Brien is mourning the death of his mother, Ruth Reardon O’Brien.The beloved US chat show host, aged 61, who is due to present the Academy Awards next spring, was left heartbroken following the passing of his father Dr Thomas O’Brien at 95 on Monday 9 December and then faced immense sorrow when his mother died at 92 in her Brookline home on Thursday.

An obituary for Ruth confirmed: "O’Brien, Ruth Reardon of Brookline passed away peacefully on December 12th, 2024, at age 92.

Beloved wife of sixty-six years to Thomas Francis O’Brien, M.D., who passed away on December 9th, 2024." Conan opened up about his father in a touching Boston Globe interview released the same day, stating: "Science has said there’s no such thing as perpetual motion, but my father was proof that that was wrong." He continued reminiscing about how his father's laughter was the loudest he'd ever heard, especially watching Peter Sellers in a Pink Panther movie, and expressed his unique personality by saying, "For the rest of my time on earth I will be hearing from people who want to talk with me about my dad.

I’ve never met anyone like him, and he happens to be my father." Adding, "If I met him randomly in a hotel lobby, I’d think: ‘Who the hell is this guy?