What is David Carr (journalist)?
{{Infobox person | name = David Carr | image = David_Carr_2013.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = David Carr at the 2013 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival | caption = Carr at the 2013 [[PuSh International Performing Arts Festival]] | birth_name = David Michael Carr | birth_date = {{birth date|1956|09|08}} | birth_place = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|02|12|1956|09|08|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | occupation = Writer, columnist, author | years_active = 1980s–2015 | employer = ''[[The New York Times]]'' | spouse = {{unbulleted list | Kimberly J. Carr | Jill Rooney Carr }} | children = 3, including [[Erin Lee Carr]]}} '''David Michael Carr''' (September 8, 1956&nbsp;– February 12, 2015) was an [[Americans|American]] columnist and author. He wrote the Media Equation column and covered culture for ''[[The New York Times]]''. In 2014, he was named the Lack Professor of Media Studies at [[Boston University]], a part-time position. Carr died on February 12, 2015 following a collapse in the ''New York Times'' newsroom at the age of 58.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/13/business/media/david-carr-media-equation-columnist-for-the-times-is-dead-at-58.html?smid=tw-bna |title=David Carr, Media Equation Columnist for The Times, Is Dead at 58 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2015 |access-date=February 12, 2015 }}</ref> His cause of death was [[lung cancer]] and [[heart disease]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/ The Carpetbagger blog] *[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/22/RV1E129N0H.DTL Interview with Stephen Elliott] *[http://www.expressnightout.com/content/2008/09/out_of_the_shadows_david_carrs_night_of.php Interview with the Washington Post's Express] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710212618/http://www.expressnightout