Legendary New York Times media columnist David Carr died Thursday at the age of 58.
In a message to employees, Times executive editor Dean Baquet wrote that Carr had collapsed suddenly in the newsroom. He later died at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York.
Carr wrote about media for more than two decades.
His obituary notes that he joined the Times in 2002 covering the magazine industry as a business reporter. Previously he wrote for The Atlantic Monthly, Washington City Paper and Minneapolis-based alternative weekly The Twin Cities Reader, among other publications.
{mosads}Hours before his death, Carr had hosted a discussion with journalist Glenn Greenwald and filmmaker Laura Poitras, two individuals who helped publish documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden detailing classified surveillance programs.
News of his death comes a day after another veteran journalist, Bob Simon of CBS News’s “60 Minutes,” died at the age of 73 after a car accident in New York City.
Carr was a central figure in the 2011 documentary “Page One: Inside the New York Times,” and his critical eye made him a respected figure in the world of journalism.
He leaves behind his wife, Jill Rooney Carr, and daughter Maddie, as well as twin daughters Erin and Meagan.
News of his death first surfaced in tweets from a pair of Times employees late Thursday night.
Within moments after his death was confirmed, media colleagues flocked to Twitter to pay tribute to Carr:
Updated at 11:35 p.m.