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| Best-selling author McCourt dies | Best-selling author McCourt dies |
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| Frank McCourt, author of best-seller Angela's Ashes, has died of cancer in a New York hospice. | |
| The 78-year-old Irish-American writer was suffering from meningitis and had recently been treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. | The 78-year-old Irish-American writer was suffering from meningitis and had recently been treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. |
| Angela's Ashes, a memoir of McCourt's childhood in Ireland, sold millions of copies and won the Pulitzer Prize. | Angela's Ashes, a memoir of McCourt's childhood in Ireland, sold millions of copies and won the Pulitzer Prize. |
| Before the book's 1996 publication, McCourt was a New York high school teacher for 30 years. | Before the book's 1996 publication, McCourt was a New York high school teacher for 30 years. |
| Quoted by the New York Times newspaper, Susan Moldow of McCourt's publisher Scribner said the cause of his death, on Sunday afternoon, was metastatic melanoma. | |
| 'Epic of woe' | |
| Born in New York, McCourt travelled to Ireland during the Great Depression with his parents at an early age. | Born in New York, McCourt travelled to Ireland during the Great Depression with his parents at an early age. |
| Angela's Ashes provides a graphic description of his childhood in abject poverty in the slums of the Irish city of Limerick. | Angela's Ashes provides a graphic description of his childhood in abject poverty in the slums of the Irish city of Limerick. |
| Described by its author as an "epic of woe", the book was made into a Hollywood film in 1999 starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. | Described by its author as an "epic of woe", the book was made into a Hollywood film in 1999 starring Emily Watson and Robert Carlyle. |
| The BBC's Matt McGrath, an admirer of Frank McCourt's work, says it shone a light on a dark period of Ireland's social history. | |
| His other works include 'Tis and Teacher Man, which both draw on his later life in New York. | His other works include 'Tis and Teacher Man, which both draw on his later life in New York. |