Malachy Maccourt: Last News

To hear Lorcan Otway tell it, he’s in a fight for his life.If he finds someone willing to refinance his debt, Theatre 80 — the iconic East Village venue where Otway has lived and worked since he was 9 years old — will be saved.If he doesn’t, the off-Broadway theater where “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” was born and countless stars have thrived will likely be sold at bankruptcy auction to the highest bidder. Otway is facing nearly $10.5 million in debts after COVID shutdowns left him unable to pay a loan.

Jaden Thompson Malachy McCourt, an Irish American author who also appeared on television as the bartender in “Ryan’s Hope,” died in Manhattan on March 11. He was 92. The New York Times received confirmation of his death from his wife, Diana McCourt.

This Sporting Life” (1963) and “The Field” (1991) — and famously crooned Jimmy Webb’s “MacArthur Park,” for which he garnered a 1969 Grammy nomination. He originated the role of Dumbledore in “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” and “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.”Harris died in 2002 at the age of 72 from Hodgkin’s disease.“The Ghost of Richard Harris,” premiering May 9 on BritBox, features interviews with Jared Harris, 61 (“Mad Men,” “Chernobyl”), his brothers Damian, 64 and Jamie, 59, and Russell Crowe, Vanessa Redgrave, Stephen Rea, Malachy McCourt, Dick Cavett and acclaimed songwriter Phil Coulter, among others.The documentary, replete with archival footage and photographs of Harris dating back to his childhood in Ireland, uses his unapologetic approach to life — “I drank because I loved it,” “I’m a jockey on this wild horse,” “I’m not running away from anything” — as a jumping-off point to delve into what drove him to excess.“I do think it’s true that he was running away from everything,” Jared said.