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Nothing on CNN.com, but the wiki says he passed while recording a production track.
My company is sending out alerts that Tim Russert is dead.
Nothing on CNN.com, but the wiki says he passed while recording a production track.
AP-Obit-Russert URGENT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Family members say NBC's Tim Russert has died. They tell The New York Times that Russert died of an apparent heart attack.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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It's just been reported on Fox News.
My prayers go out to his family.
I just saw him on the today show a few mornings ago and was thinking it's only months until that night where he's scratching away on the whiteboard with the magic marker updating numbers by the minute... would have never seen this one coming
Wow; he kinda looked like a walking timebomb. Very sad.
That sucks. Big loss for America.
http://www.KSAT.com/tu/5yykZ4gVq.html
Family Says Tim Russert Dead Of Heart Attack
POSTED: 1:57 pm CDT June 13, 2008
Tim Russert, host of NBC's "Meet the Press" and a political analyst for "NBC Nightly News" and the "Today" program, has died of a heart attack, The New York Times reported Friday, citing family members.
Russert, 58, joined NBC News in 1984. He took over the helm of "Meet the Press" in December 1991, according to his biography on the show's Web site. Russert has interviewed every major figure on the American political scene, his biography said.
Earlier this year, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Russert was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He is a graduate of John Carroll University and also graduated with honors from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, his biography said.
Russert is survived by his wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, and his son, Luke.
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Just heard Brokaw announce it on NBC.
This sucks. I enjoyed his work.
R.I.P.
Terribly sad news.
R.I.P. I've watched Meet the Press as often as I can because of Tim Russert. I'm sure he has some good questions ready.
I really don't want to watch Chris Matthews on Meet the Press .
Wow. Sad....not one I would have "expected" to hear about.
One of the very few talking heads that I cared to listen to.
He let both sides of the aisle have it equally.
Rare in today's drive-by media.
i bet hilary was behind it.
You're never going to have to worry about that.
Damn. He was one of the best.
Tough, but fair. He had a knack for cutting through the crap.
Damn
My prayers to his family.
I was looking forward to election night primarily because of him.
RIP
Stay hard, Tim!
Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press, died of an apparent heart attack today. He was 58.
The New York Post reports that Russert collapsed at NBC's Washington news bureau
Russert, of Buffalo, N.Y., took the helm of the Sunday news show in December 1991 and turned it into the most widely watched program of its type in the nation. His signature trait there was an unrelenting style of questioning, sparing none of the politicians, business giants and even sports figures who appeared on his show.
Washingtonian magazine once dubbed Russert the best journalist in town, and described "Meet the Press" as "the most interesting and important hour on television.
He also wrote best-selling books, "Big Russ and Me," in 2004, and "Wisdom of our Fathers," in 2006.
This year, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Longtime NBC anchor Tom Brokaw confirmed Russert's death, in a special report on NBC.
Brokaw says Russert's death came during a political campaign that "he loved."
NBC broke into its coverage of the U.S. Open to announce the news and MSNBC suspended regular programming for a report by anchor Brian Williams in Afghanistan and Andrea Mitc , reporting from NBC's offices in Washington.
"He was always about fairness," Williams told viewers.
"The news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice," Brokaw said in announcing Russert's death.
The New York Post reported that Russert rose from the inside world of politics, where he had been former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's press secretary and a chief of staff to the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
http://www.startribune.com/19908009....lightModules:1
I highly recommend “Wisdom of Our Fathers” to everyone especially on this Father's Day weekend. It is a great read.
Tim Russert was one political show host who never made you think you were watching a video presentation of SpursTalk.com's Political Forum.
The Political Forum rocks baby!!!!
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