The news world was stunned today, by the very sudden death of NBC News Washington Bureau Chief Tim Russert. Apparently, he was taping promos for this Sunday’s “Meet The Press” when he suddenly collapsed.
The Emmy Award winner was born May 7, 1950 in Buffalo, NY, and was a graguate of Canisius High School, John Carroll University and the Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Besides being a reporter he was also a member of the bar in New York and D.C.
His first job after finishing law school was as a staff operative for the Daniel Moynahan senate campaign in 1976. And, in 1982 he also worked on Mario Cuomo’s Gubernatorial campaign. He joined NBC News in 1984 and eventually worked his way up to hosting “Meet The Press” in December of 1991.
Tim Russert wrote two books: “Big Russ and Me” in 2004, about his relationship with his father, and “Wisdom of Our Fathers” in 2006, both of which made it to the New York Times best-sellers list.
Despite looking like the twin brother of Randy Quaid – Tim Russert was highly respected in his field. Tom Brokaw called him “one of the premier political journalists and anlaysts of his time”. Myself, and others, had recently complained about his fawning over Hillary Clinton’s primary victories, but he was widely known as a tough, but fair interviewer.
He is survived by his wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair Magazine and by his son Luke, who had just recently graduated from Boston College.
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