RIP Tim Russert
 

Died of a heart attack today. Only 58.

Very sad. I used to see this guy all the time in DC, mainly at Wizards games. Great guy. They don't make 'em like Russert and Bob Schieffer anymore. Sunday mornings won't be the same.

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I can't believe it! I'm in complete shock.

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I'm really shocked...I was watching him just a few days ago on MSNBC. RIP.

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Yea I just heard the breaking news. So very sad! May God be with his family and loved ones in their time of need.

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OMG! How awful and sad. RIP.

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I just saw this in the news. Very sad. He spoke at my commencement in 2000.

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Whether you agreed with his methods or not, he was a straight shooter and no fluff and spin.

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Wow I can't believe it, what a shame

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Wow that's unbelievable. I was watching him last week as well with my dad. What a shock. RIP Tim Russert.

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I was watching MSNBC when the news broke, and Tom Brokaw was getting pretty choked up. They all are. David Gregory, Brian Williams, Andrea Mitchell... all visibly shaken. His office on Nebraska Avenue is only about a mile and half from the house where I grew up. Like Russert, I'm a Jesuit educated Catholic sports nut with roots in upstate New York, and for those reasons I've always found it very easy to relate to him. I have so much respect for his journalism and all who he was a man. This is really ashame.

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So sad... God be with his family...

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I work near Sibley and drove past the NBC studio on my way home. It was surrounded by reporters, but I had no idea why.

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really pretty sad about this. good guy, did the right thing, asked the tough questions...

nothing bad to say. loved his show, best wishes to his family.

:(

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I liked Russert. Only 58. What a shame. Thoughts go out to his friends and family.

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may god bless his family. don't know if this is appropriate, but when did the reporters start becoming the news? its probably the single biggest reason there are so many inaccuracies in news today. everyone wants to break a story, without checking out facts, and sources.

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If you guys remember last Decemeber I had the opportunity to go to the NBC studio on behalf of Warpath. Well they showed me around and took me where the shoot Meet The Press. There was nothing particularly special about it. But I was like, "is this where Tim Russert shoots Meet The Press?" He said, yep right here.

I was like, man I'm on Tim Russert's turf today.

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Oh untimely death.

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Pretty scary stuff:

[url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-06-15-heart-attack-russert_N.htm]Russert death shows massive heart attack isn't easy to predict - USATODAY.com[/url]

Such a sad story, did anyone see the interview with his son Luke this morning on the Today Show? He seems like a really good kid.

[url]http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20206862,00.html[/url]

[url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2008/06/15/2008-06-15_meet_the_press_moderator_tim_russert_eul.html]'Meet the Press' moderator Tim Russert eulogized in teary tribute broadcast[/url]

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I was not a big fan of his but its sad when anyone goes at such a young age. It also shows how even with all the advances in the medical field bad things still happen. I heard that he had just had a stress test like a week before and nothing showed up on the test.

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[quote=olive523;452779]I just saw this in the news. Very sad. He spoke at my commencement in 2000.[/quote]

[url=http://www.strose.edu/Visitors/Saint_Rose_News/Default.asp?news_id=3429&news_type=1]STATEMENT OF SAINT ROSE PRESIDENT DR. R. MARK SULL - Saint Rose News[/url]

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Thanks for finding that Matty. He was a fun and enthusiastic speaker, and I'm glad I was lucky enough to hear him.