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O’Brien passed away suddenly at Flin Flon General Hospital last Thursday, May 26 at the age of 80, leaving behind mournful loved ones along with an esteemed legacy. “If you looked up in the dictionary, or for the younger set if they Googled, the word ‘gentleman,’ the definition would be Doug O’Brien,” said Rob Schiefele, a long-time friend. “Truly a true gentleman – hard-working, community-minded gentleman.” Dianne Russell, O’Brien’s daughter, said “gentleman” is a word many people have been attaching to her father. “I think for a lot of us, that describes him,” she said. “We in the family kind of say that he was just our favourite person. He was one of those people that was easy to love. We’re kind of a spiritual family, and we felt like Dad didn’t have to speak things – he just lived it. So he kind of taught us all by example how to be good people.”