Posted on 02/13/2015 5:13:57 AM PST by maggief
David Carr, a writer who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand media columnist at The New York Times, and the star of a documentary about the newspaper, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 58.
Mr. Carr collapsed in the Times newsroom, where he was found shortly before 9 p.m. He was taken to St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Earlier in the evening, he moderated a panel discussion about the film “Citizenfour” with its principal subject, Edward J. Snowden; the film’s director, Laura Poitras; and Glenn Greenwald, a journalist.
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Wow-—sounds morose but I’m always curious as to what causes drop dead exits. Guessing massive heart attack, stroke, ruptured aneurysm or some other lesser medical culprit?
He was reading obituaries.
Another Marxist gone. The toxicology test should be interesting.
Pray America is waking
He looked horrible always. He did a live interview shortly before his demise last night and looked especially dreadful.
My mother said if you can’t say something nice about a dead person, just shut up...so I will.
From Drudge:
Interviewed Snowden hours before death...
Coincidence?......................
I put nothing past the current administration.
Seriously, never heard of the guy. But then again, I don’t give the NY Times the time of day.
He looked like an 85lb AIDS patient. Poor guy was NOT well
His neck was incredibly thin. I’m not surprised he died the same day.
May have gotten the hemlock-laced latte made for Snowden, like last night’s episode of “Elementary”.
A lying Marxist who will not write any more columns for a Marxist rag.
I’ll let you know when I start feeling sad.
Polonium Salad Dressing........................Now with EXTRA NEUTRONS!.......................
Prayers for his soul.
From TV Newser yesterday-—
The New York Times reports tonight that media columnist David Carr, who died suddenly Thursday night, had been suffering from lung cancer. According to results of an autopsy released Saturday evening, Carr died of complications of metastatic small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung. Heart disease was a contributing factor.
Carr, 58, had previously survived Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Carr’s death came at the end of an emotional and turbulent week in media, and despite telling colleagues he was not feeling well, he made appearances at public events and on television.
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