Frank McCourt, Author of 'Angela's Ashes,' Dies at 78

RichardS

Just announced by the New York Times;

Frank McCourt, a former New York City schoolteacher who
turned his miserable childhood in Limerick, Ireland, into a
phenomenally popular, Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir,
"Angela's Ashes," died on Sunday, his publisher said.

Island Girl

That's sad. I haven't actually read any of his four published books but did see the film of his first, "Angela's Ashes". Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Richard.

Carol

I was surprised when I saw this mentioned this morning as I saw it mentioned somewhere else over the weekend, but then no where else.
Very sad.

Carol

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6720048.ece

RichardS

The previous post on here was late last week, Carol, and it announced that he was ill, not that he had died.

Carol

No I'm certain I saw a brief mention of his death late Saturday night- think it may have been on the BBC text service. I expected it to be in the Sunday papers but it wasn't there.

RichardS

Well he died on Sunday so maybe the Beeb were getting a bit premature.

Carol

Possibly. :)

LeeH

The BBC doing that reminds me a bit ofthe Monty Python scene in The Holy Grail. Where the bloke is doing the rounds collecting the dead and the feller is trying to get him to take an elderly relative whose not quite dead.