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- Height4′ 7″ (1.40 m)
- Mark O'Brien was born on July 31, 1949 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer, known for The Sessions (2012), World's Worst Century (2004) and Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O'Brien (1996). He died on July 4, 1999 in Berkeley, California, USA.
- Stricken with polio at age 6; used an iron lung and other breathing apparatus from then until his death.
- In 1997, O'Brien co-founded Lemonade Factory, a small press in Berkeley that publishes poetry by people with disabilities.
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