Thomas O’Brien, 95, and Ruth Reardon O’Brien, 92, were married for 66 years.
Dr. O’Brien, a forward-looking epidemiologist,died Thursday at 95.
His wife, an attorney who broke barriers for women in the legal field,died Monday at 92.
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They were married for 66 years and both died at their home in Brookline, Mass.
I’ve never met anyone like him, and he happens to be my father.
He’s the most interesting person Ive ever met.'"
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Thomas O’Brien and Ruth O’Brien were both born in Worcester, Mass.
The couple married in 1958 and remained together until the end of their lives.
And he was interested in everything absolutely everything."
He just thought it was a joke, and the kids seemed to love it."
I’m not kidding, that house was kind of madness sometimes.
Lovely madness, but madness still the same.
I don’t know how they worked it out but they worked it out pretty well."
