Tim Russert of NBC News dies at age 58

by Gopher 27 Replies latest social current

  • Gopher
    Gopher

    This is so sad. Right in the heat of this historic election campaign, we lose one of the best journalists and interviewers.

    I will miss seeing Russert on Meet the Press and on MSNBC.

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    Tim Russert dies of heart attack at age 58

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    Tim Russert, host of NBC's Meet the Press, has died of a heart attack, according to the web sites of the New York Times and the New York Post. He was 58.

    The Post reports that Russert collapsed at NBC's Washington news bureau, according to an unidentied source. He was 58 years old.

    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 Mitchell, 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.

  • SixofNine
    SixofNine

    damn, that's young and sudden. I can't say I enjoyed his punditry, but there are far worse than he.

  • BurnTheShips
    BurnTheShips

    WHAT!

  • nvrgnbk
    nvrgnbk

    WTF!

    Way too young.

    Very sad for those he leaves behind.

  • Layla33
    Layla33

    I was said to hear of that. Too young to die. I actually enjoyed watching him.

  • SixofNine
  • wings
    wings

    I can't remember who he replaced on Meet the Press, but he once said that he had a hard time replacing him....but was told by that person to just take the opposite side in every issue....

    I thought he did a good job of that. I will miss him.

    wings

  • hillbilly
    hillbilly

    I thought he was a good moderator and liked his broacasting style.

    Missed

    Hill

  • oompa
    oompa

    oh crap...he was the best...and he did that great book about his dad...who i think is still alive....how sad...oompa

  • moreisbetter
    moreisbetter

    NO!!! Say it isn't so!!! I'm checking the major news channels...

    It appears to be true.....Seems to have been in his prime....

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