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.
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