Jack McCarthy

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Jack McCarthy (writer)

Jack McCarthy (May 23, 1939 - January 17, 2013) was an American writer and slam poet.

Biography

John (Jack) Xavier McCarthy was born in South Boston, Massachusetts, the oldest of four children. He later received a scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. In the beginning of his senior year, his mother died in a car accident and in the following spring his father died suddenly from a heart attack. The day of his father's funeral Jack received a scholarship to attend Dartmouth college. At Dartmouth along with his other studies, he began his lifelong interest and study of poetry but dropped out of school as Alcohol intervened in his life. He started attending Alcoholic Anonymous meetings in 1962, stayed sober and returned to graduate from Dartmouth five years later (in 1967). He remained an active member of A.A. for the remainder of his life and would later write about his experiences in some of his best-known poems.

In 1968 he married Joan Reynolds (of Westwood, Massachusetts)in 1968, and had three daughters. He remained close with his children after he divorced in 1986. In 1989 he first met Carol Sinder after placing a personal ad. They were married in 1991 at St. Ann Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

Jack McCarthy (television)

John Joseph McCarthy (August 13, 1914 - May 23, 1996) was an announcer and host at WPIX, Channel 11 in New York City. He is best known for hosting the St. Patrick's Day Parade for 41 years, and as "Cap'n Jack" for hosting WPIX's block of Popeye cartoons in the sixties and early seventies.

Biography

McCarthy was born in Manhattan on August 13, 1914. He attended Commerce High School, graduating in 1932.

McCarthy joined the NBC Radio Network in 1933, first as a page and then as "The Network's youngest staff announcer". He later worked for WABC in New York as a sports and special-events radio broadcaster.

During his career, McCarthy performed in Hollywood and in New York, doing film, radio and TV. From 1963 to 1972, he was the beguiling Cap'n Jack on WPIX's children's cartoon show "Cap'n Jack and Popeye". "No script; I had a ball," said McCarthy. He depended on his abilities as a storyteller to entertain and inform his viewers. He retired in the 1970s but continued with the St. Patrick's Day Parade shows.