'Equal Parts Sweetheart, Truth-Teller And Ass-Kicker': Tributes Pour In For David Carr

'Equal Parts Sweetheart, Truth-Teller And Ass-Kicker': Tributes Pour In For David Carr
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 08: The New York Times Columnist and Moderator David Carr speak onstage during 'ÂMissing Ink: The New Journalism at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 8, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - OCTOBER 08: The New York Times Columnist and Moderator David Carr speak onstage during 'ÂMissing Ink: The New Journalism at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 8, 2014 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)

Esteemed New York Times media columnist David Carr died on Thursday night at the age of 58. The newspaper said he died after collapsing in the newsroom.

Within minutes after the news broke, an outpouring of love, shock and pain deluged Twitter and Facebook as Carr’s colleagues at The New York Times as well as other members of the media, celebrities and fans expressed their deep respect for a man known for his talent and his integrity, his humility and his poise.

The only person who could adequately express how we all feel is David Carr.

— Ravi Somaiya (@ravisomaiya) February 13, 2015

No one was a better critic of and believer in the fundamental goodness of the business of journalism. No one.

— Lydia Polgreen (@lpolgreen) February 13, 2015

How will you remember David Carr? Tell us in the comments.

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