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russert was my favorite political analyst/reporter/commentator. RIP

it's a shame he passed so soon and expectantly. i'll never forget when Bush called him Jim to his face.

as a side note, NBC really does have some quality people. russert, brokaw, williams, gregory.

[Edited on June 16, 2008 at 6:22 PM. Reason : .]

6/16/2008 6:17:52 PM

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"TV news star Tim Russert's abrupt collapse at the NBC News studio in Washington, D.C., Friday came as a shock – even to his doctor. In a statement detailing autopsy results, Dr. Michael Newman said his famous patient had passed a stress test on April 29 and had even worked out on a treadmill the morning of his death. 'Russert, age 58, was known to have asymptomatic coronary artery disease (atherosclerosis), which resulted in hardening of his coronary arteries,' Newman said. 'The autopsy revealed an enlarged heart and significant atherosclerosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery with (a) fresh clot which caused a heart attack resulting in a fatal ventricular arrhythmia.' Russert's stress test on April 29 was 'normal,' Newman said. 'At a high level of exercise he had no symptoms,' Newman said, adding that his blood pressure and cholesterol were 'well-controlled.'"

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"Dr. Cyril Wecht, a nationally renowned forensic pathologist, said Newman's description of why Russert died makes sense. 'The left anterior descending artery is well known among pathologists as the widow-maker,' he tells PEOPLE. 'That tells you a lot, doesn't it? It's a classical situation that one encounters with great frequency in sudden unexpected death where you get a blood clot, or a thrombosis, or bleeding and if he had an enlarged heart, that adds to it.' Clots can be caused by any number of things, he said. 'Sometimes it's associated with stress and exertion, physical and/or emotional,' he said. 'Was he flying a long time? Was he tired? People shoveling snow in the wintertime can get them. People working excessively hard. Or people under great physical and/or emotional stress and that can include flying.' Russert had flown in from Italy late Thursday night, where he'd been celebrating his son Luke's recent graduation from Boston College with his son and his wife, Vanity Fair writer Maureen Orth."

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20206807,00.html

6/17/2008 1:54:51 PM

From what I understand, the condition he died from cannot be detected in the normal tests they give people.

6/17/2008 1:56:21 PM

^ I heard that, too.

6/17/2008 2:03:32 PM

the funeral is tomorrow here in DC

6/17/2008 3:51:10 PM

i read his wiki article yesterday and it says on sunday rick sanchez of cnn said he died of diabetes...wtf

6/17/2008 3:55:36 PM

GO BILLS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

6/17/2008 5:15:42 PM

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/06/my_friend_and_my_source.html

bob novak on russert


this part i thought was really cool

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"During my half century of journalism, he was the only colleague who was a source."

6/19/2008 1:52:21 AM

I told you they needed a heavyweight.

Brokaw To Host 'Meet the Press' Through Election

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"Tom Brokaw will moderate 'Meet the Press' in Tim Russert's place through the 2008 presidential election in November, NBC announced Sunday morning."

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"'I've been appearing on "Meet the Press" since the days of Watergate when it was moderated by Lawrence E. Spivak right through the distinguished tenure of my great friend, Tim Russert, so I feel right at home,' Mr. Brokaw said in a statement. 'Tim made "Meet the Press" the center of the universe for informative and lively discussions of public affairs, particularly the exciting 2008 campaign for president, and I intend to continue that commitment to our viewers.'"

http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/brokaw-to-host-meet-the-press-through-election/?hp

6/24/2008 10:22:30 AM

bump

9/24/2009 10:15:10 PM

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"WASHINGTON (CNN) — Timothy Joseph Russert Sr., the father of the late Tim Russert of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died from natural causes Thursday, according to his family. He was 85. The elder Russert was the subject of his son’s 2004 book “Big Russ and Me,” a New York Times bestseller, which captured the lessons passed down from father to son. “While he was affectionately known to the world as ‘Big Russ,’ he carried no more important nor meaningful titles than those of father, grandfather, great-grandfather, patriot and friend,” the family said in a statement. The younger Russert, who became one of the mainstays of television journalism’s political talk as the host of “Meet the Press,” died from a heart attack in June 2008 at age 58."

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/

9/24/2009 10:16:02 PM

9/24/2009 10:18:17 PM

RIP. Tim Russert's voice is especially missed these days.

9/24/2009 11:10:10 PM