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TIMES EDITOR IN DEATH PLUNGE
By KEITH J. KELLY and WILLIAM J. GORTA
> "August 23, 2002 -- A New York Times business editor suffering from financial and marital difficulties jumped to his death from the newspaper's landmark building in Times Square yesterday, police said.
Allen Myerson, 47, scribbled out a note at his desk in the third-floor newsroom before slamming down his pen and asking a colleague which floor the roof was on, sources told The Post.
Police said Myerson, who worked at the newspaper since 1989, leaped from the 16th floor shortly before 10 a.m. and landed on the third-floor roof of a parking garage next door.
Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. sent an e-mail to his staff, informing them of Myerson's death.
"As with any family, we're called on to endure our share of tragedies," Sulzberger wrote. "This is one of those times and our support for one another will help all of us get through it."
Times Editor Howell Raines declined to speak with reporters.
Myerson, who edited "The New Rules of Personal Investing: The Experts' Guide to Prospering in a Changing Economy," was said to be in reduced financial straits. He and his wife, Carol Marie Cropper, recently sold their home in tony Montclair, N.J., and moved to smaller digs in Glen Ridge, according to sources at The Times.
Colleagues also said Myerson, the assistant business editor for weekends, would ask to see the real-estate classified ads before they were made public because he intended to move to Manhattan - to split from his wife.
Myerson had lost weight recently, colleagues said, and had begun a physical-fitness regimen.
Police said Myerson's note - written on lined yellow paper - requested his possessions be distributed among his relatives, but made no provision for his wife, the personal finance editor at BusinessWeek. Carol Cropper did not return calls for comment.
Before coming to the Times, Myerson worked for the Lexington Herald-Leader and Dallas Morning News.
His death was the second suicide by a member of the Times business section in less than three years.
Agis Salpukas, 60, was found floating in the Hudson River in January 2000 after jumping off the George Washington Bridge.
Salpukas was being treated for depression at the New York Psychiatric Center before he plunged to his death wearing a hospital gown."
Additional reporting by Larry Celona and Murray Weiss
Myerson, who edited "The New Rules of Personal Investing: The Experts' Guide to Prospering in a Changing Economy," was said to be in reduced financial straits....
Police said Myerson's note - written on lined yellow paper - requested his possessions be distributed among his relatives, but made no provision for his wife, the personal finance editor at BusinessWeek. Carol Cropper did not return calls for comment.