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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mark_O&Mark O'Brien (poet) - Wikipedia

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   O'Brien contracted polio in 1955 and spent the rest of his life paralyzed and requiring an iron lung. In the iron lung he attended UC Berkeley, produced his poetry and articles, and became an advocate for disabled people. He co-founded a small publishing house, Lemonade Factory, dedicated to poetry written by people with disabilities.

   • Died: July 4, 1999 (aged 49)

   • Born: July 31, 1949, Boston, Massachusetts

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3. www.nytimes.com › 1999/07/11 › usMark O'Brien, 49, Journalist And Poet in Iron Lung, Is Dead

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   Jul 11, 1999 · Mark O'Brien, the subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary about his journalism career, conducted mostly from an iron lung, died on July 4 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 49.

4. www.poetryfoundation.org › poets › mark-o-brienMark O'Brien | Poetry Foundation

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   Mark O'Brien. 1949–1999. Poet and journalist Mark O’Brien was born in Boston and raised in Sacramento, California. He contracted polio when he was six years old; the disease left him paralyzed from the neck down, and he used an iron lung to breathe. He earned a BA and an MA from the University of California–Berkeley. An advocate of ...

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   How did Mark O'Brien die?

   • TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Mark O'Brien, the subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary about his journalism career, conducted mostly from an iron lung, died on July 4 at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 49. The cause was complications from bronchitis, said Mr. O'Brien's brother, Kenneth.

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   Who is Mark O'Brien?

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

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   How did John O'Brien breathe?

   • At some times in his youth, and for a brief period as recently as last year, Mr. O'Brien's breathing could be supported by an inflatable vest called a turtle shell. But for most of his life he depended on the much more cumbersome iron lung, which encased most of his body and helped him breathe by changing the pressure around him.

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   Who is Mark O'Brien's editor Sandy Close?

   • An obituary on Sunday about Mark O'Brien, the subject of an Academy Award-winning documentary about his journalism career, conducted mostly from an iron lung, referred incorrectly to an editor for whom he worked. The editor, Sandy Close, is a woman.

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6. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-1999-jul-07-mnMark O'Brien; Writer, Poet Lived in Iron Lung - Los Angeles Times

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   Jul 7, 1999 · July 7, 1999 12 AM PT. TIMES STAFF WRITER. 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 ...

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   Jul 7, 1999 · July 6, 1999 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. 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 ...

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9. www.npr.org › 2012/10/19 › 163101578'The Sessions': Sex, Comedy And Something More - NPR

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   Oct 19, 2012 · Writer Mark O'Brien spent most of his life in an iron lung. He was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, and now his story is told again in the semi-fictionalized feature The Sessions.

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    At the time of his death, he was one of some 100 polio survivors in the United States who still used an iron lung to breathe. In Breathing Lessons, O'Brien expressed profound gratitude to his parents, Helen and Walter O'Brien, for the care and love they gave him. In 1978 he moved to Berkeley, Calif., after being accepted as a freshman at the ...