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Younger brother of Frank McCourt. He is an actor, writer and radio host. In 2006, he ran for governor of New York on the Green Party ticket. He is the author of several books, including his bestselling memoir, A Monk Swimming. He co-authored the play A Couple of Blaguards with his brother Frank.
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Frank McCourt (1930-2009): Late Author’s Younger Brother Malachy Remembers Childhood Poverty Depicted in "Angela’s Ashes"
We remember the author Frank McCourt, who died Sunday at the age of seventy-eight. McCourt was best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela’s Ashes. The book chronicles McCourt’s poverty-ridden childhood in Brooklyn and Ireland, a childhood he said he felt lucky to have survived. McCourt published the book after a thirty-year career as a New York City schoolteacher, which he...July 21, 2009 | Story
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