Erin Lee Carr

documentary filmmaker and author

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Two troubled teenagers were in a relationship mainly via text. They said they were in love with each other. The boyfriend was seriously depressed and suicidal.

The story of a teenager accused of manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend to kill himself

Two troubled teenagers were in a relationship mainly via text. They said they were in love with each other. The boyfriend was seriously depressed and suicidal.

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When New York Times media columnist David Carr died in 2015 at age 58, there was a front-page obit.

Erin Lee Carr on alcoholism, workaholism, and a loving but contentious relationship with her father David Carr

When New York Times media columnist David Carr died in 2015 at age 58, there was a front-page obit.

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