About Bernard O'Brien
Lived 1914 – 2011 (aged 96). Bernard O'Brien was an American politician.
Bernard F. O'Brien (March 5, 1914 – January 30, 2011) was a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Biography Born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on March 5, 1914, O'Brien attended James M. Coughlin High School.
O'Brien played an instrumental role in funding the construction of the Cross Valley Expressway in northeastern Pennsylvania. He was succeeded in the state House by Kevin Blaum, a young Wilkes-Barre city councilman who upset O'Brien in a Democratic primary.
Death O'Brien died in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania, on January 30, 2011.
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American politician
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Bernard O'Brien was born on 5 March 1914 in Wilkes-Barre.
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Bernard O'Brien died on 30 January 2011 in Mountain Top.
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Bernard O'Brien was a politician.
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