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Author Frank McCourt, 78, RIP

ORG XMIT: NY122 FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, author Frank McCourt gestures during an interview at his apartment in New York. In his latest memoir,
ORG XMIT: NY122 FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2005 file photo, author Frank McCourt gestures during an interview at his apartment in New York. In his latest memoir, "Teacher Man," McCourt shares his memories of being a public school teacher in New York for 30 years. Brother Malachy McCourt says Frank McCourt died Sunday afternoon July 19, 2009, at a Manhattan hospice in New York City at age 78. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File) (Mary Altaffer / The Spokesman-Review)

In this Oct. 18, 2005, file photo, author Frank McCourt gestures during an interview at his apartment in New York. In his latest memoir, "Teacher Man," McCourt shares his memories of being a public school teacher in New York for 30 years. Brother Malachy McCourt says Frank McCourt died Sunday afternoon at a Manhattan hospice in New York City at age 78. Story here. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Question: Have you read McCourt's masterpiece "Angela's Ashes"?



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D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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