Frank McCourt may have “weeks to live” – report

Angelas Ashes author Frank McCourt is said to be gravely ill this evening according to reports on various news sites.

It is reported that after being allowed to go home from the Memorial Sloan Kettering hospital in New Yorkin may, his health deteriorated whilst on a cruise and ended up in hospital in Tahiti.

The Limerick Leader is reporting now that he has been transferred to hospice care.

McCourt, who turns 79 next month, has been fighting skin cancer for the past year.

More from the LimerickLeader here.

  • Joe Hayes
    This is McCourts response to his critic - gerry Hannan - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
  • db70
    Very sad news. Hopefully he'll pull through.

    McCourt is one of the greatest writers to come out of Ireland, Angela's Ashes like it or love it is still the best memoir ever written.
  • hoof
    Saddened to hear such news, I wish him and his family strength at this time.
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