{"id":2970,"date":"2009-07-16T12:15:39","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T12:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/07\/frank-mccourt-reportedly-on-de.html"},"modified":"2009-07-16T12:15:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T12:15:39","slug":"frank-mccourt-reportedly-on-de","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/07\/frank-mccourt-reportedly-on-de.html","title":{"rendered":"Frank McCourt Reportedly on Deathbed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"frankmccourt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/frankmccourt.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"214\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"float: right;margin: 0 0 20px 20px\" \/><\/span>What sad news! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2009\/07\/16\/frank-mccourt-gravely-ill_1_n_235659.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Huffington Post is reporting<\/a> that Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt is &#8220;gravely ill with meningitis&#8221; and &#8220;not expected to live&#8221; according to his brother Malachy.<br \/>\nThroughout his memoirs, &#8220;Angela&#8217;s Ashes,&#8221; &#8220;&#8216;Tis,&#8221; and &#8220;Teacher Man,&#8221; McCourt&#8211;one of my favorite authors&#8211;told about his life growing up in poverty, first in Brooklyn, N.Y., and then in his homeland, Ireland, where his family returned in hope of a better life when he was a young boy.<br \/>\nVisit our new blog <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayerplainandsimple\/2009\/07\/a-prayer-for-frank-mccourt-his-family-and-friends.html\" target=\"_blank\">Prayer Plain and Simple<\/a> to read a special prayer for the literary genius. 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