1. Malachy Gerard McCourt was an American-Irish actor, writer and politician.
19 Facts About Malachy McCourt
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Malachy McCourt wrote three memoirs, describing his life in Ireland and in the United States.
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Malachy McCourt was the 2006 Green Party candidate for governor of New York, losing to the Democratic candidate Eliot Spitzer.
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Malachy McCourt was the younger brother of author Frank McCourt.
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Malachy McCourt was raised in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to the United States in 1952.
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Malachy McCourt appeared on several New York City-based soap operas: Another World, Ryan's Hope, Search for Tomorrow, and One Life to Live.
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Malachy McCourt is known for his annual Christmas-time appearances on All My Children as Father Clarence, a priest who shows up to give inspirational advice to Pine Valley citizens.
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In 1970, Malachy McCourt released a spoken word album on vinyl, And the Children Toll the Passing of the Day, which was produced by David Hess.
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Malachy McCourt occasionally appeared on various programs on New York City's political radio station, WBAI, as late as 2023.
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Malachy McCourt was a regular guest artist at Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, having performed in Inherit the Wind, Love Letters, and A Couple of Blaguards, which he co-wrote with brother Frank McCourt.
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Malachy McCourt hosted a Sunday morning call-in radio forum on WBAI.
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Malachy McCourt had a short-lived role as a Catholic priest on the HBO prison drama Oz.
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Malachy McCourt played Francis Preston Blair in Gods and Generals.
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Malachy McCourt wrote three memoirs, A Monk Swimming, Death Need Not be Fatal, and Singing My Him Song, all of which detail respectively his life in Ireland and his later return to the United States.
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Malachy McCourt authored a book on the history of the ballad "Danny Boy", and put together a collection of Irish writings, called Voices of Ireland.
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Malachy McCourt was endorsed by Cindy Sheehan, mother of a fallen soldier in the Iraq War.
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Malachy McCourt was portrayed by Peter Halpin in the film version of his brother's memoir Angela's Ashes.
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In 2023, Malachy McCourt told The New York Times that he was ill with a number of health problems, including a heart condition, skin cancer, prostate cancer and a form of muscular degeneration.
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Malachy McCourt died at Lenox Hill Hospital on March 11,2024, at the age of 92.