Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of "Meet the Press," died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's "Meet the Press" program when he collapsed, the network said. No details were immediately available.

Russert, the recipient of 48 honorary doctorates, took over the helm of "Meet the Press" in December 1991. Now in its 60th year, "Meet the Press" is the longest-running program in the history of television.

...Russert was a trustee of the Freedom Forum's Newseum and a member of the board of directors of the Greater Washington Boys and Girls Club, and America's Promise - Alliance for Youth.

In 1995, the National Father's Day Committee named him "Father of the Year," Parents magazine honored him as "Dream Dad" in 1998, and in 2001 the National Fatherhood Initiative also recognized him as Father of the Year.

Irish America magazine named him one of the top 100 Irish Americans in the country, and he was selected as a Fellow of the Commission of European Communities.

Russert is survived by his wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, and a son, Luke.

 

That is sad! I always like the way he was able to report political happendings without a lot of the "mumbo jumbo" that some use.

 

Wow. I really liked him as well.

 

man that just sucks

 

well please accept my heartfelt apologies if I failed your eloquence exam.
it's how i feel.
I liked and watched him every Sunday.

 

Bummer Also no one mentioned this on here this week but Jim Mckay passed last week. The olympics will never be the same without his reporting.

 

Ooops. My fault for speed reading. I thought you said he sux. Post about to be deleted.

 

I can see him on TV, with his little white erase board saying how the election would come down to "Florida, Florida, Florida." That was in 2000, wasn't it? He was right too!