Frank McCourt

Larry July 20, 2009 Doodles 4 Comments

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

Frank McCourt passed away yesterday from complications of melanoma. He was born in Brooklyn, New York during the Great Depression and would return years later and become a New York City public school teacher. What happened in between was the horrific tale of his childhood and the basis for his Pulitzer Prize winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes. He was 78.

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4 Responses to “Frank McCourt”

  1. a brush with color said:

    Jul 20, 09 at 8:32 am

    Oh, I knew you’d do his portrait today. I was so saddened to hear this news today. I knew he was sick and in hospice, but I loved him…nice portrait of him, Larry!

  2. Pat D said:

    Jul 21, 09 at 12:07 pm

    Larry, God bless Frank McCourt. I met him at a reading after the publication of Angela’s Ashes at Rutgers. He was a gracious, cordial, and genuine man. His writing moved me always. This is a moving portrait of him. Thanks, Pat

  3. Larry said:

    Jul 21, 09 at 12:17 pm

    How fortunate for you to have met him Pat. Hard to believe that from his tragic beginning he somehow became the man you describe.

  4. Maisie said:

    Jul 23, 09 at 10:53 pm

    I too met Mr. McCourt at Kean University. What an
    interesting man and life. He signed his book
    for me….