'Angela's Ashes' author McCourt gravely ill: reports

"He's still conscious, but his hearing has gone and his eyesight is going. He's speaking less," Malachy McCourt was quoted as saying by the Scotsman daily.
McCourt was diagnosed with meningitis about two weeks ago following treatment for skin cancer, the Limerick Post reported on its website.
The author suffered a seizure last May while on a Pacific Cruise, and was taken to a New York hospital and diagnosed with melanoma, according to the Scotsman.
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