Walter Cronkite died earlier this week on July 17 at 92. I grew up hearing the news from him and David Brinkley and Chet Huntley. If Walter Cronkite said something, I believed it. He was one of a kind.
Every week at least one more well-known person dies!
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Oh no!!! 2009 has not been a good year for celebrities.
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Check out this...
http://kwanawrites.blogspot.com/2009/07/thank-you-mr-mccourt.html
Kwana is a Dust Bunny who was taught by "Mr. McCourt" at Styvesant High School.
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I met Frank McCourt a few years ago when he came to speak at EKU (when 'Tis came out). He was not happy when I asked him about his relationship with his brother Malachi (whose book I preferred). Even so, he was a very good writer. Sorry to hear about his death...
So sad--more bits and pieces of my cultural life slipping away!
I loved Frank McCourt's writing style and read his 3 memoirs. I thought Tis was very well written and could not understand why it was not as popular as Angela's Ashes. Both books made me weep. So sorry about his passing.
This reminds me that I want to read one of McCourt's books.
Blast. I really enjoyed McCourt's books, but I guess he was older than I thought. Ah well, the literature is the legacy.
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