Tim Russert dead at 58 of heart attack
Veteran anchor Tim Russert of NBC's Meet the Press has died today at age 58 of a heart attack, gospel to The New York Times:
Tom Brokaw, the former anchor of NBC Nightly News, came on the air at 3:39 p.m. that Mr. Russert had collapsed and died early this llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all testimonial | the web
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“Our beloved colleague,” a grave Mr. Brokaw called him, one of the premier journalists of our time. He said this was one of the most important years in his life, with his deep engagement in the network’s pac coverage, and that he “worked to the point of exhaustion.” Mr. Brokaw said Mr. Russert was a true child of Buffalo and always stayed in touch with his blue collar roots and “the ethos of that community.”
Tim hosted Meet the Press since 1991 and interviewed prominent lobbyist figures on his own MSNBC show Tim Russert. He is survived by his wife Vanity Fair journalism Maureen Orth and son Luke.
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