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posted July 19, 2009 09:58 PM         

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Did anyone read his book Angela's Ashes? I read it a few years. His early years were rough.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090720/ap_on_en_ot/us_obit_mccourt

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Registered: May 2009

posted July 19, 2009 10:16 PM         

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Dee, so sad. The side of my family I'm closest to is strongly culturally Irish-American and we passed all his books around for years. I loved the way he wrote, it was so Irish- full of tragedy but yet strangely funny and tender. Yeats called that a "terrible beauty."

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I write it out in a verse --
MacDonagh and MacBride
And Connolly and Pearse
Now and in time to be,
Wherever green is worn,
Are changed, changed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

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RIP Frank McCourt, thank you for all your terrible beauties.

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posted July 20, 2009 02:26 AM         

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He wrote beautifully. Really touching. His story too.

RIP.

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posted July 20, 2009 12:02 PM         

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His writing was so accurate of the Irish upbringing at that time and his humour and wit so typical.... Ofcourse not all of us are so talented and witty but he captures an essence.
Rest IN Peace

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From: nevada
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posted July 20, 2009 05:34 PM         

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Wonderful book
Rest in Peace Frank

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