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  1. Lawrence Francis O'Brien Jr. (July 7, 1917 – September 28, 1990) was an American politician and basketball commissioner. He was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists for more than two decades.

  2. Larry O’Brien (born July 7, 1917, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.—died September 28, 1990, New York, New York) was a U.S. Democratic Party political organizer, government official, and sports executive. Lawrence O'Brien and Lyndon B. Johnson. Lawrence O'Brien (left) and Lyndon B. Johnson.

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  3. Lawrence F. "Larry" O'Brien. A former postmaster general, a special assistant to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, the national chairman of the Democratic Party, and a native of Springfield, Massachusetts where basketball was invented, Larry O’ Brien made the transition from politics to sports in 1975 by becoming the ...

  4. Aug 14, 2022 · Lawrence O’Brien III, son of the late Springfield native and DNC chairman Larry O’Brien, reflects on his father’s legacy and the current political crisis. He says his father would be disturbed and flabbergasted by the denial and lies of many Republicans after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

  5. Sep 29, 1990 · He was 73. O’Brien, who also was a key strategist for four presidential election campaigns, a former U.S. postmaster general and a commissioner of the National Basketball Assn., died Thursday ...

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  7. Jun 12, 2023 · The NBA Finals championship trophy has carried O'Brien's name since 1984. Who is Larry O'Brien? Why NBA Finals trophy is named after former league commissioner | Sporting News

  8. Sep 29, 1990 · Lawrence F. O'Brien Jr., the Democratic Party strategist who organized the successful senatorial and Presidential campaigns of John F. Kennedy, died yesterday at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical ...

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