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WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.
Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” broadcast when he collapsed, the network said.
He had recently returned from Italy, where his family was celebrating the graduation of Russert’s son, Luke, from Boston College.
No further details were immediately available.
Russert was best known as host of “Meet the Press,” which he took over in December 1991. Now in its 60th year, “Meet the Press” is the longest-running program in the history of television.
But he was also a vice president of NBC News and head of its overall Washington operations, a nearly round-the-clock presence on NBC and MSNBC on election nights.
He was “one of the premier political journalists and analysts of his time,” Tom Brokaw, the former longtime anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” said in announcing Russert’s death. “This news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice.”
In 2008, Time Magazine named Russert him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Timothy John Russert Jr. was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950. He was a graduate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia.
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June 14 2008, 4:12 PM
Russert worked for Dan Moynihan, Tip Oneil, and Mario Cuomo before leaving politics. All three were about as liberal as liberal can be, yet Russert managed to make the transition into journalism and become one of the most fair and objective pundits around, and did a brilliant job of interrogating both sides of the political aisle. He will be missed. RIP Tim.
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June 15 2008, 12:02 AM
Before I knew he was a Democrat I couldn't get a sense of his political leanings, which I think is a good quality a journalist. He could excel in his job hob-knobbing with powerful figures while remaining humble and folksy. A big loss for anyone interested in American politics.
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