There were only about ten media writers still writing for newspapers in America.
After last night, there are only nine. David Carr wrote for the New York Times and he was one of the very best. I never met him, and only communicated with him via e-mail once (he sent me a nice e-mail about $everance), but I was very bummed when I heard the news last night.
This tribute to him by fellow writer Dave Weigel is incredibly well written and poignant.