Editing Caleb Carr (section)

== Personal life and death ==
Carr lived most of his life on Manhattan's Lower East Side, spending his summers and many weekends at his family's home in [[Cherry Plain, New York]]. In 2000, he bought his own property, known as Misery Mountain, in Cherry Plain; and in 2006 he moved there permanently. He shared his home with his Siberian rescue cat, Masha, for 17 years. Masha died in April 2022. Caleb Carr revealed he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2024. He died at his home in Cherry Plain on May 23, at the age of 68.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/24/caleb-carr-dead-author-alienist|title=Caleb Carr, military historian and author of The Alienist, dies at 68|publisher=The Guardian, 24 May 2024|access-date=2025-02-06}}</ref><ref name="NYTimes-Obit">{{Cite news |last1=Green |first1=Penelope |date=May 24, 2024 |title=Caleb Carr, Author of Dark Histories, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/caleb-carr-dead.html |access-date=May 24, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524182153/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/books/caleb-carr-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WaPoObit">{{cite news |last1=Schudel |first1=Matt |title=Caleb Carr, author of historical bestseller 'The Alienist,' dies at 68 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/05/25/caleb-carr-author-alienist-dies/ |newspaper=Washington Post |date=25 May 2024}}</ref>