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Mon 12 Dec 2009Saying goodbye to my big brother
Arts: Frank McCourt was 10 years older than his brother Alphie, who recalls Frank’s life and his peaceful death this summer in a hospice in New York
MY BROTHER Frank McCourt died on July 19 this year: one month, to the day, before his 79th birthday. The world took notice. Walter Cronkite died on July 17. My wife, Lynn, said that Frank waited a couple of days so that Walter Cronkite could have his moment. Frank McCourt? And Walter Cronkite, the most trusted man in America? In the same breath? Isn’t this a great country?
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