Frank McCourt Dies At 78
Posted July 19, 2009 12:00 pm.
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Irish author Frank McCourt has died of cancer in New York City at age 78.
McCourt passed away Sunday afternoon at a Manhattan hospice, gravely ill with meningitis and recently treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
He was best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angela’s Ashes, a memoir about his impoverished childhood in Ireland, published in 1996.
He wrote it after retiring from teaching high-school English in New York City. It was in instant hit and was made into a movie starring Emily Watson.
His other books include Tis and Teacher Man.
With files from The Associated Press
Frank McCourt reads from his book “Teacher Man” during the second day of the International Festival of Literature in Dubai on February 27, 2009. (Haider Shah/AFP/Getty Images)
