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thatcrazycajunJust weeks shy of what would have been his 79th birthday, cancer has taken author Frank McCourt of Angela's Ashes fame in a Manhattan hospice. Yahoo! News has posted an obituary here. Though I have not myself read his work, I have certainly heard of him and, given the historic primacy of his people in letters, mourn the loss of yet another great writer from Ireland.
My heart, thoughts and prayers are with his family (especially his brother and authorial colleague Malachy), and all those who knew and loved him...including his students at the school in New York City where he taught, who have no doubt benefited tremendously from his wealth of experience and talent. May he have as fine a wake as ever was held for an Irishman.
My heart, thoughts and prayers are with his family (especially his brother and authorial colleague Malachy), and all those who knew and loved him...including his students at the school in New York City where he taught, who have no doubt benefited tremendously from his wealth of experience and talent. May he have as fine a wake as ever was held for an Irishman.
