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The renowned journalist and columnist of The New York Times, David Carr, passed away last night after collapsing in the newsroom.
David Carr the throaty voiced commanding New York Times columnist died last night in Manhattan. Carr was a writer who wrote about the intersecting relationship between media, business and culture. The former addiction and cancer survivor was 58 years old at the time of death. Carr unexpectedly collapsed in the Times newsroom and then taken to the Roosevelt hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Sadly, I can confirm NYT media critic David Carr (@carr2n) has died. A terrible stretch for journalists & those who care about journalism.— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) February 13, 2015
For 25 years Carr wrote about society and its intersection with media and government with an unrelenting honesty. His Monday column that appeared in the New York Times was a platform for broadcasts about the recent developments in social media and television, which Carr wrote with a flawless and blunt efficiency.
Carr was most notably known for his appearance in the documentary about his parent newspaper ‘Page One: Inside The New York Times’, where he inadvertently became the quintessence of paper by preserving the integrity of the paper with his strong willed remarks against unjust offenses.
Carr joined the times in 2002 and quickly became indispensable to the paper. The news of Carr’s death was released via an email to the entire staff of The Times by the Executive Editor Dean Baquet.
In my inbox now: Dean Baquet’s message to Times employees about the passing of David Carr. pic.twitter.com/Ps4MfX00AU— Theodore Kim (@TheoTypes) February 13, 2015
Other notable journalists such as Gio Benitez, Michael Roston and David Folkenflik have shared the email announcing Carr’s passing and expressed their regrets at the tragedy.
Dean Baquet on David Carr: “He was our biggest champion…” pic.twitter.com/vIxeTpmmzM— Michael Roston (@michaelroston) February 13, 2015
The Times’s publisher, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. has proclaimed Carr to be one of the most gifted journalists to have ever been a part of The Times. The New York Times archive on Twitter shared a link to the 1776 pieces penned by Carr in the honor of his writing.
Remembering David Carr: Here are 1,776 NYT pieces penned by David Carr. http://t.co/azGzyTQkpa pic.twitter.com/jjSESPxWKd— NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) February 13, 2015
Carr was an exceptional cultural writer and had the perfect blend of formidable reporting and critical judgement. The cocaine survivor who won the battle with addiction wrote his memoir ‘The Night if The Gun’ detailing his struggles, released in 2008.
Before his demise Carr orchestrated a discussion on Thursday night about the movie ‘Citizenfour’ with the director Laura Poitras, the primary subject Edward Snowden and the journalist Glenn Greenwald on the Times Talks. Earlier in the evening he also tweeted to his followers to catch the live stream of the panel talk.
David Carr’s final retweet just hours before news broke that he had died: https://t.co/wYt3W6JCTr— Gio Benitez (@GioBenitez) February 13, 2015
Watch @citizenfour @TimesTalks w/ @ggreenwald, Laura Poitras, Ed Snowden & @carr2n. Livestream starts in 15 minutes: http://t.co/qV94vziwtH— No Place To Hide (@NPTHbook) February 12, 2015
Last night Chris Donovan a senior journalist shared the front page of the New York Times to be published for February 13th announcing the departure of David Carr, on his twitter feed. The news about Carr will be a headline a symbol of dedication.
“At the Times, a Critic and Champion of Media” #DavidCarr RT @RyanRuggiero: Front page of @nytimes tomorrow pic.twitter.com/fBkTtQ7iS4— Chris Donovan (@chrisdonovan) February 13, 2015