Lev Grossman: Frank McCourt, 'Angela's Ashes' Author, Dies In: TIME, 19. Juli 2009. Abgerufen am 16. März 2023 (amerikanisches Englisch). „For most of his life, until he was well into his 60s, Frank McCourt wasn't a writer; he was a teacher. But it is as a writer, the author of the wildly successful memoir Angela's Ashes, that he will be remembered. He died on July 19 in New York of meningitis. He was 78 years old.“