He graduated from St. Columbkille High School,
Boston College and the
New England School of Law. Honan died four days after surgery at
Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. The surgery was to remove a cancerous tumor in his bile duct. At the time of his death, he was running to become the District Attorney in Suffolk County, Massachusetts. His brother, State Representative
Kevin Honan, delivered the eulogy. ==Legacy==