Wealthy environmental activist and one-time Bay State congressional
candidate John T. O'Connor of Cambridge died yesterday afternoon from an
apparent heart attack. He was 46.
Co-founder of the National Toxics Campaign, O'Connor ran for the U.S.
House of Representatives in 1998, losing in the 8th District Democratic
primary to former Somerville Mayor Michael Capuano, who went on to win the
seat.
O'Connor was most recently mentioned as a potential candidate for
lieutenant governor.
The family of O'Connor, who died in Cambridge, issued a brief statement
yesterday saying the death was ``sudden and unexpected.'' Funeral
arrangements will be announced shortly.
O'Connor is survived by his wife, Carolyn G. Mugar, brothers Jeff of
San Diego and James of Saugus, sister Emily of Washington, D.C., and his
parents, Kay and George of Stratford, Conn.
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