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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.2



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints, jointly and severally, Lawrence D. Robinson, Jr. and Lester C.
Johnson, or any of them, with full power to act alone, his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement
on S-4 of FelCor Lodging Trust Incorporated and FelCor Lodging Limited
Partnership (Registration No. 333-62510), and to file the same, with all
exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC,
granting unto said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform
each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.



     Executed and delivered this 19th day of July 2001.



                                               /s/ RICHARD J. O'BRIEN

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                                        Richard J. O'Brien


                                        Executive Vice President and Chief
                                        Financial Officer