‘Meet the Press’ Icon Tim Russert Has Died
This breaking news makes me incredibly sad.
MSNBC, The New York Times, and numerous other major news outlets are all reporting 58-year-old Tim Russert, NBC Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief and longtime moderator of the political program Meet the Press, passed away less than an hour ago.
Russert apparently collapsed while recording a voiceover for Meet the Press in NBC’s Washington bureau. He was then reportedly rushed to local Sibley Hospital at about 2:15pm EST, and there is speculation, but no confirmation yet, that he died after suffering a massive heart attack.
Russert was one of very few newspeople whom …read more
Comments Off