Mark O’Connell

Former KSTP host Mark O’Connell dead of cancer at 52:

O’Connell worked for eight years at the talk radio station, most recently on the “Ron and Mark Show” with Ron Rosenbaum. The show ended in September when the station cancelled the pair’s contract, Rosenbaum said.

Previously, O’Connell and Rosenbaum had teamed up for “The 9-11 Show,” and the two worked with Barbara Carlson on the morning “Babs and the Boys.” He also hosted a show on KOOL 108 prior to his years at KSTP.

There’s a lesson, here:

O’Connell had been ill for some time, but wanted to wait until after the holidays to get it checked out, said his wife, Gloria. He ended up going to the emergency room at Abbott Northwestern Hospital on Dec. 29.

“I think he knew he was sick for quite a while, but like a lot of men he didn’t want to go to the doctor,” his wife said.

She’s right, you know. And I’m worse than most.

Get checked up.

2 thoughts on “Mark O’Connell

  1. I read this and I was surprised too that I hadn’t even heard he was sick.

    Spooky thing is, this exact same thing happened to one of my uncles, my father’s oldest brother. He had a mole that wouldn’t go away, kept telling himself and his wife that he’d get it checked out after the holidays. That was his last Christmas. He also had a form of Melanoma.

  2. I didn’t care much for him. He did something I could never do, and that’s put up with Babs for an extended period.
    RIP.

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