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post #1 of 35
6/13/08 at 12:41pm
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Tim Russert had a heart attack and died while recording a news piece at NBC.

TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK - New York Post
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post #2 of 35
6/13/08 at 12:53pm

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Rest in peace, Tim.
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post #3 of 35
6/13/08 at 1:11pm

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I'm stunned. I loved Big Russ & Me. Never thought Big Russ would outlive his son. R.I.P
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post #4 of 35
6/13/08 at 1:17pm

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Very sad news indeed and a death that makes one questions his own mortality.





Crawdaddy
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post #5 of 35
6/13/08 at 1:28pm

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Wow, that really is the kind of thing that will make you question your mortality. I always admired how he came up from the rust belt, went to Cleveland Marshall School of Law and from there on to far bigger things. He'll be missed.
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post #6 of 35
6/13/08 at 1:30pm

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Wow!

I saw him last fall "interviewing" Stephen Colbert at GW University. I really enjoyed watching him play it straight to Stephen's faux pundit. Always good when a journalist doesn't take himself too seriously.
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post #7 of 35
6/13/08 at 1:43pm

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Even knowing that he was a big guy, this is shocking. So full of life on MSNBC even a couple days ago. Meet the Press is a fixture of my week, and from within the journalism circles I walked in the last couple years, you'd never hear a bad thing about him.

Tim Russert loved his family, his career, his hometown and his home team. NBC's Washington Bureau has lost perhaps the best chief it ever had.

RIP
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post #8 of 35
6/13/08 at 2:05pm

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He was one of the best newsmen that was left on TV. I always liked his work modding political debates. RIP
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post #9 of 35
6/13/08 at 2:05pm

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Having lost my father-in-law last year at a similar age and situation - that is collapse at work when appearing to be find the day before, the moment before, etc, and having his Father still be alive and well - this was shocking and saddening news to hear.

I too was a big fan of Mr. Russert and enjoyed his work on TV and his books immensely. I fondly recall the white board and dry erase marker tallies of the electoral votes in Presidential elections...

My thoughts and prays are with his family, colleagues and friends.
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post #10 of 35
6/13/08 at 2:21pm

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So very sad. Election night coverage will never be the same without Tim and his analysis using his white board.
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post #11 of 35
6/13/08 at 3:28pm

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Meet the Press is a staple of Sunday morning for me. Even though generally watched it live I alsways DVRed it just in case I got up late.

RIP Mr Russert you will be missed.
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post #12 of 35
6/13/08 at 3:30pm

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Tim was a great journalist, he'll be missed.
I read that he just got back from Italy which always throws the possibility of a pulmonary embolism as the cause of death. We don't know much details, but if Tim suddenly collapsed as the first symptom of his problem, it was not a heart attack but sudden cardiac arrest, which is usually an arrythmia or PE.
Nevertheless, it's a wake up call to not ignore or minimize symptoms if they occur (I'm not saying that's what happened here)...

Chris
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post #13 of 35
6/13/08 at 3:53pm

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Maybe the only decent political reporter around. I admired him greatly. This really sucks.
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post #14 of 35
6/13/08 at 3:55pm

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I'll echo what has been said already: One of the best. He was always a joy to watch because he was always excited to talk politics and his interest was contagious. He was also as neutral as they come, able to grill right and left alike with great intensity but always with respect and always with decorum lacking in the more popular dog and pony shows on TV. His was an old-school style of journalism that will be sorely missed.

Godspeed.
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post #15 of 35
6/13/08 at 4:06pm

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My favorite Tim Russert comment is that he considered himself the custodian of Meet the Press. Now the custodianship will pass to another.

I think that the latest measure of how highly regarded he was in political circles, was his statement after the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, that “it was all over”.

Out of all the pundits and pols saying that Obama had wrapped it up, Russert’s comment was the one to which the Clinton campaign reacted. Everyone knew he would not make such a statement without due consideration.
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post #16 of 35
6/13/08 at 4:30pm

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Originally Posted by Robert Crawford
Very sad news indeed and a death that makes one questions his own mortality.
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Originally Posted by KurtEP
Wow, that really is the kind of thing that will make you question your mortality.
Definitely, I felt the same way. One minute you're sitting at your desk at work and the next... boom -- just like that. Yikes.

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H
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post #17 of 35
6/13/08 at 4:33pm

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It is because of the great respect folks had for Russert, that this....

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"We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one is going to dispute it." (May 6, 2008)

.....had authority/finality.

RIP.


Oops, Lew beat me.

Here's the clip...

YouTube - Tim Russert: We now know who the Democratic nominee will be
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post #18 of 35
6/13/08 at 5:31pm

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Originally Posted by Chris Souders
I read that he just got back from Italy which always throws the possibility of a pulmonary embolism as the cause of death. We don't know much details, but if Tim suddenly collapsed as the first symptom of his problem, it was not a heart attack but sudden cardiac arrest, which is usually an arrythmia or PE.
His doctor was on MSNBC and said he'd had an enlarged heart and a history of corony artery disease. My father has have 70-90 percent clots twice in his life and thank God they caught it in time in both situations. Russert was the same age he is...

Tim Russert had just returned from a trip to Rome with his family, a graduation present for his son who'd just finished a degree at Boston College. Just heartbreaking.
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post #19 of 35
6/13/08 at 6:09pm

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And since no one yet has mentioned it, my favorite Tim Russert interview was the now famous one with David Duke back when he was running for governor of Louisiana. When Duke claimed that he was not ruining on race, but on the State’s economy, Russert just asked him to name the top three employers in the State.

Duke was not able to do so and was never again a serious contender.
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post #20 of 35
6/13/08 at 7:32pm

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this has een a terrible year.
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post #21 of 35
6/13/08 at 8:29pm

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I only saw bits and pieces of his work, but as was stated on CNN today, it was hard to get a photo or even a live shot of him where he wasn't smiling. A touch of class in a field that sometimes lacks it.

RIP Mr Russert

John
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post #22 of 35
6/14/08 at 4:15am

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The thing most noble and professional about him was that he began his carreer as a very partisan political operative. That he gained a reputation of unique fairness and objectivity speaks volumes to his integrity.

Journalism has certainly lost a figurehead on friday.
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post #23 of 35
6/14/08 at 8:07am

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He was the face of EVERY common man & woman when talking to & interviewing people in Washington. I always enjoyed listening to him on the air whether it was "Meet the Press" or on Election Night. I always came away the better for the experience.

My respects to his family both personal & professional.

I've shed a few tears over the loss of this "GREAT Man"!!!!!
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post #24 of 35
6/14/08 at 12:42pm

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Sad news, one of the few people who could do a tough but fair political interview without letting his personal views interfere.

It's been a while since a celebrity death generated so many tributes.

Who would have thought Russert would go before the much older broadcasters like Mike Wallace, Walter Cronkite, or Larry King?
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post #25 of 35
6/14/08 at 1:51pm

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Spoke to him a number of times the past 15 years, Russert was a cool kat. I didn't really watch him on TV all that much, so not all that familiar with that side of him.
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post #26 of 35
6/14/08 at 7:38pm

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USA Today has a nice remembrance written by one of his close friends.

Remembering the life of Tim Russert - USATODAY.com
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post #27 of 35
6/14/08 at 8:15pm

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Good, tough interviewer. RIP.
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post #28 of 35
6/16/08 at 1:37am

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Those of us outside USA wouldn't have seen much of him, but I'll always remember his cameo on Homicide Life On The Street, as the cousin of Lt. Megan Russert.
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post #29 of 35
6/16/08 at 12:46pm

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Matt Lauer interviews Tim's son Luke about the life of his father:


Probably the most touching photo of them all:
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post #30 of 35
6/17/08 at 6:25am

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He was one of the most prominent Icon when it came to news. Scary considering he was only 58 and he would have been a force to deal with during this election especially. He will be greatly missed and these days where serious news is lacking, very little choices as to where we can go to have someone like him get to the heart of the issues and put those that participate on the spot.
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