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Famed Author Frank McCourt Dies at 78
FrankTeacherNEW YORK (July 20) – Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-winning "epic of woe" about his impoverished Irish childhood, died Sunday of cancer.
McCourt, who was 78, had been gravely ill with meningitis and recently was treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. He died at a Manhattan hospice, his brother Malachy McCourt said.Until his mid-60s, Frank McCourt was known primarily around New York as a creative writing teacher and as a local character — the kind who might turn up in a New York novel — singing songs and telling stories with his younger brother Malachy and otherwise joining the crowds at the White Horse Tavern and other literary hangouts.
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Heathers (1989)
Directed by Michael Lehmann
Written by Daniel Waters
Since POP posted some news about my girl Winona earlier, I decided to post a blog dedicated to my favorite 80's movie, and my second favorite movie of all time (in case you were wondering, my all-time fave is "The Graduate.")
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