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by **Spidey-Man** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:48 pm

NBC's Tim Russert dead at 58
He was the Washington bureau chief and moderator of ‘Meet the Press’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25145431/

by **GLX** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:50 pm

Holy shit!:shock: RIP Tim.

by **sdsichero** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:08 pm

That's pretty shocking... wow...

by **zombiemichaeljackson** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:19 pm

I just heard this a few minutes ago, apparently he had a heart attack and collapsed while recording a voice over for meet the press. He was one of the few figures covering politics who I felt like I could still trust, and he *always* asked the tough questions, regardless of who he was interviewing.

He'll be sorely missed.

R.I.P.

by **outsider** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:19 pm

Meet The Press was the most 'fair & balanced' political show that I've ever seen. I'm sad for his family, because 58 is way too young to die, but I'm also sad for good television journalism.

by **BubbaKanoosh** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:21 pm

Wow.
Shockin as hell.

by **daitong** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:21 pm

Wow. I'm floored.

I may not have always agreed, but I had tremendous respect for the man. In his honor, "Go Bills!"

by **KingPagla** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:27 pm

Just found out, myself.
I'm stunned. What a great loss.
May he rest in peace.

by **The Juan Percenter** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:33 pm

Wow. That floored me. I thought the guy had a lot of integrity. Even though he was a Democrat, he would give them a tough time when they were on his show. What makes this creepy was Terry McAulifee (sp?) talking about "Big Russ in the sky" when Russert's dad is still alive.

by **C20Percent** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:34 pm

Totally unexpected -- this is gonna be big news tonight.

by **Allen** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:35 pm

cncoyle wrote:Meet The Press was the most 'fair & balanced' political show that I've ever seen. I'm sad for his family, because 58 is way too young to die, but I'm also sad for good television journalism.

Yeah. He was one of the last good ones.

Requiescat in pace.

by **Psivage** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:37 pm

Damn. I try to watched Meet the Press as much as I can.

Prayers to his family and friends.

by **nietoperz** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 4:47 pm

58 is really no age to die. Rest in peace.

by **L Independant** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:08 pm

Talk about having the wind knocked out of you - I got in my car after Hulk and this was the first thing I heard. I never thought he'd go so soon.

I heard he did just get back from a vacation in Europe. I hope he got to use that time with at least some of his family.

R.I.P., Tim.

by **zombiemichaeljackson** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:17 pm

L'Indépendant wrote:I heard he did just get back from a vacation in Europe. I hope he got to use that time with at least some of his family.

He did, they were in Italy celebrating his son's graduation.

I'm watching MSNBC right now and Olbermann has had to physically fight back tears on multiple occasions.

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Tim Russert of NBC/Meet the Press dead at 58

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