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| John Powers, author who wrote about growing up Catholic, dies Posted: 17 Jan 2013 09:49 PM PST
Powers, 67, died late Wednesday of natural causes at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, his daughter Jacey Powers said. A product of a working-class neighbourhood, Powers wrote what he called humorous social portraits in columns to novels, a musical based on "Black Patent Leather Shoes" and more recently wrote and performed one-man shows. "He cherished every moment and lived with tremendous passion and motivated others to do the same," Jacey Powers said. Powers lived the last 25 years in Lake Geneva, spending almost all of his time writing on the front porch, she said. "He had just finished rewriting his one-man show and wanted to put it up," Jacey Powers said. "(He) was always looking for new ways to reinvent himself and to find the next challenge and to live life better." A self-described "horrible" student at a Catholic high school — his motivational speaking website says he graduated in the bottom 3 per cent of his class — he liked to say he was the only student in school history to fail music appreciation. Powers went on to earn a bachelor's degree from Loyola University Chicago, and a master's and doctorate from Northwestern University and became a college professor himself for six years. Other books by Powers include "The Last Catholic in America" and "The Unoriginal Sinner and the Ice-Cream God." Visitation and services are planned for Sunday at The Chapel on the Hill in Lake Geneva. Powers is survived by his wife, JaNelle Powers, and daughters Jacey Powers and Joy Powers. — Reuters |
LOS ANGELES, Jan 18 — John Powers, a US author and motivational speaker who wrote about his experiences growing up Catholic in Chicago including the novel "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?" has died, his family said yesterday.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Books To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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