end of the older man's life, even as Kerouac descended into alienation and alcoholism. Lucien Carr spent 47 years, his entire professional career, with UPI, and went on to head the general news desk until his retirement in 1993. If he was famous as a young man for his flamboyant style and outrageous vocabulary, he perfected an opposite style as an editor, and nurtured the skills of brevity in the generations of young journalists whom he mentored. He was known for his oft-repeated suggestion, "Why don't you just start with the second paragraph?" Carr was reputed to have strict acceptable standards for a good lead, his mantra being "Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry, make 'em horny" (or variations of this). Carr died at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. in January 2005 after a long battle with bone cancer. See also Kill Your Darlings, a 2013 film in which Carr is portrayed by Dane DeHaan. Vanity of Duluoz, a semi-autobiographical novel by Kerouac, featuring Carr as the character of Claude de Maubris and Kammerer as Franz Mueller. References Sources Collins, Ronald & Skover, David, Mania: The Story of the Outraged & Outrageous Lives that Launched a Cultural Revolution (Top-Five Books, March 2013) External links Literary Kicks -Lucien Carr Lucien Carr Papers at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University 1925 births 2005 deaths American male journalists Journalists from New York City American people convicted of manslaughter Beat Generation people Deaths from cancer in Washington, D.C. Columbia College (New York) alumni Criminals from New York City Deaths from bone cancer News editors Prisoners and detainees of New York (state) Washington University in St. Louis faculty Elmira Correctional Facility People from Greenwich Village