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  2. Mark O'Brien (July 31, 1949 – July 4, 1999) was an American journalist, poet, and advocate for the disabled.

  3. Mark O’Brien, a poet, journalist, and friend of mine, was confined to an iron lung. But his mind was free.

  4. She is co-translator of the biblical Song of Songs as well as contemporary Israeli poetry—most recently The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai and his Open Closed Open,... Read Full Biography. Mark O’Brien, a poet, journalist, and friend of mine, was confined to an iron lung. But his mind was free.

  5. Jul 7, 1999 · SAN FRANCISCO -- Mark O'Brien, 49, a poet whose determination to live a life independent of his iron lung breathing machine inspired an Oscar-winning documentary, died July 4 at his Berkeley...

  6. Mark O'Brien (1949-1999) was a poet, journalist and inspirational voice in the movement of disabled people to lead independent lives. Born in Boston and raised in Sacramento, Calif., O'Brien was six years old when he contracted polio, which left him paralyzed from the neck down.

  7. Jul 4, 1999 · Mark O’Brien was a journalist, poet and advocate for people with disabilities. A quadriplegic from polio in 1955, he was dependent on mechanical ventilation using the iron lung much of the time but he also used a chest cuirass.

  8. Jul 7, 1999 · Mark O’Brien, whose career as a writer and poet despite life in an iron lung inspired an Academy Award-winning documentary film, has died at the age of 49.

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