He brought the world the best seller, 'Angela's Ashes' - the Pulitzer Prize-winning epic of woe about his impoverished Irish childhood. Angela's Ashes was a story about the extraordinary life of an ordinary man. Irish native, naturalised American citizen, Frank McCourt died Sunday of melanoma in a New York City hospice, aged 78. 'Angela's Ashes was a long Irish wake, "an epic of woe," of some sort, finding laughter and lyricism in life's very worst. It became a million seller, won the Pulitzer and was made into a movie of the same name, starring Emily Watson as the title character, McCourt's mother? Frank McCourt was survived by daughter, Maggie McCourt and brother Malachy McCourt. His remains will be cremated, with a memorial service planned for September, 2009. Icheoku says, so long Mr. 'Angela's Ashes'!
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