» Frank McCourt Gravely Ill, Brother Says By HILLEL ITALIE, AP NEW YORK (July 16) - Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to su

» Frank McCourt Gravely Ill, Brother Says By HILLEL ITALIE, AP
NEW YORK (July 16) - Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author's brother said Thursday.
Malachy McCourt said that his 78-year-old brother, best known for the million-selling "Angela's Ashes," is in a New York hospice, "his faculties shutting down."
"He is not expected to live," said McCourt, himself an author and performer.
Frank McCourt was recently treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, but his brother says he had been doing well until about two weeks ago, when he contracted meningitis.
"He was out and about, being active, doing talks and so forth," Malachy McCourt said

What a shame. The story told in ANGELA'S ASHES is incredible and it amazes me how such a great story arose from those ashes-like a Phoenix. Amy

he's got a book due out next month

It is said there is one book in each of us and Angela was his. Didn't like the 2nd one.