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New York Times: Frank McCourt, Author of ‘Angela’s Ashes,’ Dies at 78

July 19, 2009 By: Rebeca Category: News Items

Frank McCourt, Author of ‘Angela’s Ashes,’ Dies at 78

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Published: July 19, 2009

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 in Manhattan on Sunday. He was 78 and lived in Manhattan and Roxbury, Conn.

To read more about Mr. McCourt, please visit The New York Times.

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Tags: Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt, Pulitzer Prize, The New York Times, William Grimes

1 Comments to “New York Times: Frank McCourt, Author of ‘Angela’s Ashes,’ Dies at 78”

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   Randall Radic says:

   July 19, 2009 at 9:35 pm

   Very sad. He wrote a great book from which someone made a lousy movie. Which is par for the course. He could really write!

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