Autopsy shows NYT columnist David Carr died of lung cancer

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Feb 16, 2015

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David Carr, culture reporter and media columnist for The New York Times poses for a photograph on Eighth Avenue, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. — David Carr, culture reporter and media columnist for The New York Times, poses for a photograph in 2008.AP

New York Times Columnist David Carr attends the TimesTalks at The New School on Feb. 12. — Carr attends the TimesTalks at The New School on Feb. 12.Getty Images

David Carr and reporter Morley Safer at the after party for the NY premiere of "Page One: Inside The New York Times." — Carr and reporter Morley Safer at the afterparty for the New York premiere of "Page One: Inside The New York Times" in 2011.Startraks

David Carr and former New York Timtes editor Jill Abramson — Carr and former New York Times editor Jill AbramsonGetty Images

David Carr arrives for the French premiere of the documentary "Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times" in 2011. — Carr arrives for the French premiere of the documentary "Page One: A Year Inside The New York Times" in 2011.AP

David Carr speaks at a conference in San Francisco on October 8, 2014. — Carr speaks at a conference in San Francisco in 2014.Getty Images

Autopsy results show New York Times media columnist David Carr died of complications from metastatic lung cancer.

Julie Bolcer, a spokeswoman for the New York City medical examiner’s office, says the autopsy shows heart disease was a contributing cause of death.

Carr collapsed at the newspaper’s headquarters and died on Thursday. He was 58.

He wrote the Media Equation column for The New York Times and penned a memoir about his fight with drug addiction. He was lauded as “the finest media reporter of his generation” by Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet.

Carr’s 2008 memoir “The Night of the Gun” traces his rise from cocaine addict to single dad raising twin girls to sobered-up media columnist for the Times.

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