Frank McCourt Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Francis "Frank" McCourt (August 19, 1930 – July 19, 2009) was an Irish-American teacher and writer best known for Angela's Ashes, a tragicomic memoir of the misery and squalor of his childhood, for which he won a Pulitzer Prize.
Full Name
Frank McCourt
Net Worth
around $1.2 billion
Date Of Birth
August 19, 1930
Died
July 19, 2009, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Death Cause
metastatic melanoma with meningeal complications
Place Of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Occupation
Memoirist, writer, teacher
Profession
Writer, Soldier, Teacher
Education
Brooklyn College, New York University
Spouse
Ellen Frey McCourt (m. 1994–2009), Cheryl Ford (m. 1984–1985), Alberta Small (m. 1961–1979)
Children
Margaret McCourt
Parents
Angela Sheehan, Malachy McCourt
Siblings
Malachy McCourt, Alphie McCourt, Michael McCourt, Margaret McCourt, Eugene McCourt, Oliver McCourt
Nicknames
Frank McCourt, McCourt, Frank
IMDB
Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year, National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography/Autobiography
Movies
Angela's Ashes, Joyce to the World
Star Sign
Leo
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Fact
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In "'Tis" (the sequel to "Angela's Ashes"), he talks about having known his first wife Alberta "Mike" Small before their marriage. In contrast to his dirt-poor childhood, she had a patrician upbringing. He also recalls having worked a menial job in a hotel at the time that the Korean War broke out. He enlisted in the United States Army and went through training but never got sent to the war.
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Did not start writing until he was retired in his sixties.
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Lived in the Gramercy section of Manhattan in New York City.
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Was a New York public school teacher for over 30 years.
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Born on Classon Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
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1957 graduate of New York University, having earned a Bachelor's degree in English education.
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Survived by his wife, Ellen Frey McCourt; his brothers, Malachy, Alphie, and Mike; his daughter Maggie McCourt; and his three grandchildren, Chiara, Frank, and Jack.
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Earned a Master's degree in English from Brooklyn College in 1967.
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Nearly died of typhoid fever at the age of 10.
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Three of his six siblings died of diseases that were aggravated by their malnutrition.
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His family left the United States for Ireland in 1934, but he returned to the U.S. when he was 19.
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Biography-bibliography in "Contemporary Authors," New Revision Series, Vol. 138, pp. 316-319. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2005.
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Daughter, Maggie, with first wife. Grandaughter Chiara.
