- NEW YORK (Reuters)
- A business editor at The New York Times, Allen Myerson, died on Thursday
after falling from the top floor of the Times' building in midtown Manhattan,
a spokeswoman for the newspaper said.
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- Police said his death appeared to be a suicide but that
the case remained under investigation.
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- The body of Myerson, 47, was found on the roof of a parking
garage next to the Times building on West 43rd Street shortly before 10
a.m. (1400 GMT), Times spokeswoman Catherine Mathis said.
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- Police said he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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- It appeared Myerson fell from the top floor of the 15-story
Times building, Mathis said. That floor of the Times is commonly used for
receptions.
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- He had worked at the Times since 1989, she said, and
he was assistant business editor for the weekend editions. He lived in
Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
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- He is survived by his wife, Carol Cropper Myerson, and
they had no children, the Times said.
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- Sources in the New York Police Department said he left
a note behind, but the Times said that could not be confirmed.
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- Police said there were no signs of foul play.
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