The New York Times is reporting that Tim Russert, host of "Meet the Press", has collapsed and died while at work at NBC News.
According to Wikipedia, " Russert had diabetes and died of a heart attack at 1:14pm EDT on June 13, 2008. *** Early reports state that Russert died of an apparent heart attack while recording a production track in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2008, a day after returning from vacation in Italy."
More in-depth reporting, memoria, at MSNBC's site.
Tim Russert will be remembered for many contributions, perhaps most of all, in the short run, his declaration on May 6 of this year that "we now know who the democratic nominee will be." His declaration opened the way for other commentators to declare that Barack Obama would be the Democratic nominee for President.
Before his work in journalism, Tim Russert was a big-time political operative in New York. Adam Nagourney of the New York Times looks back to Russert's time in Albany politics.
Friday, June 13, 2008
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I loved his upbeat style - his lack of pretention and his straight forward attitude while interviewing. He will definitely be missed - I think he was one of a kind. Kinda like Molly Ivins, Ann Richards and a few others who were "individuals" in this day and time!
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