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Frank McCourt, Author Of Angela's Ashes, Dies At 78

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Frank McCourt, Author Of Angela's Ashes, Dies At 78

Frank McCourt, the Irish-American storyteller who parlayed the miseries of a Limerick upbringing into an extraordinary late-life literary blooming, died of cancer Sunday in New York City.

McCourt, 78, had spent the past 13 years buoyantly touring the globe on reading tours and writing two sequels to his 1996 best-seller, "Angela's Ashes," which sold more than 5 million copies and was translated into more than 20 languages.
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http://www.baltimoresun.com/enterta...or-angela-ashes-tis-dead-dies,0,6088220.story

I always admired the fact of his later life achievement.

R.I.P. Frank McCourt.
 
I just started a thread about this in the book nook.
It's shocking, although it shouldn't be; I knew he was old, and had heard he was ill.

Goddamn cancer.
 
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I just started a thread about this in the book nook.
It's shocking, although it shouldn't be; I knew he was old, and had heard he was ill.

Goddamn cancer.
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You have been missed. Hope all is well.
 
I both read the book and saw the movie. Great book, although a bit gritty and sad.
 
I thought this was about the owner of the Dodgers. I was shocked at first.
 
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