Veteran NBC News Man Tim Russert: Dead at 58

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Breaking news: Veteran news man, Tim Russert has died at 58, reportedly of a heart attack. From Howard Kurtz at The Washington Post: Tim Russert, the Democratic operative turned NBC commentator who revolutionized Sunday morning television and infused journalism with his passion for politics, died this afternoon. NBC’s Tim Russert Dies at 58 Friday, June 13 at 4:30 p.m. ET: ‘Meet the Press’ Host Tim Russert Dies at 58 Russert suffered a heart attack while working in his office on Washington’s Nebraska Avenue. Details were not immediately available. Russert served as NBC’s Washington bureau chief and the host of “Meet the Press,” the top-rated Sunday talk show, which had an enormous influence on politics and was marked by his aggressive style of interrogation. As a frequent commentator on the “Today” show, “NBC Nightly News” and other shows, Russert wielded such clout that when he declared that Sen. Barack Obama had wrapped up the Democratic nomination last month, his pronouncement was treated as a news event in itself. Russert’s television career was marked by a voracious appetite for politics and a shrewd understanding of how politicians interact with the media. He also wrote a book about his father, titled “Big Russ and Me.” Last week, he moved Big Russ to a nursing facility. Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw gave MSNBC viewers the news of Russert’s death at 3:40 p.m. “He worked to the point of exhaustion so many weeks,” Brokaw said, adding: “This news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice.” Brokaw said Russert had just returned from a family trip to Italy with his wife, writer Maureen Orth. Their son, Luke, graduated from Boston College this spring, Brokaw said. Russert served as host of “Meet the Press” longer than any other person and was “one of the premier political analysts and journalists of
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