Tim Russert has died

[Mxylplyx]

it's on drudge now.

 

[Cold Steel]

And apparently no where else yet......

 

[Carbo]

From what? He's a young guy.

 

[OrByte]

no way.

 

[Queasy]

NY Post

wow

TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK

Tim Russert, NBC journalist and political heavyweight host of "Meet the Press," has died after collapsing at NBC's Washington news bureau, a source said. He was 58 years old.

Russert, who rose from the inside world of politics where he was former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo's press secretary and one-time chief of staff to the late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, was able to successfully cross over to political journalism and rise to become one of its leading lights.

In his role as host of the seminal Sunday morning political program "Meet the Press" - which he took over in 1991 - he became renowned for his hard-nosed interviews where he frequently cornered some of Washington's cagiest political figures with tough questions.

 

[DealMonkey]

Whoa! Holy &#$#* ... any further confirmation of this?

 

[nageov3t]

it's on NYT now.

holy shit. wtf happened.

 

[teiresias]

wow, wikipedia is fast, already on there.

 

[Cold Steel]

Damn. News reporting has lost one of the greats. Sad.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: DealMonkey
Whoa! Holy &#$#* ... any further confirmation of this?

nypost seems to be it as of now.

 

[PELarson]

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
it's on drudge now.

at 3:40pm just went up on MSNBC.

Peace to the family.

Tom Brokaw's having a hard time with the words.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: PELarson

Originally posted by: Mxylplyx
it's on drudge now.

Nothing on MSNBC

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/index.html?partner=rssnyt

Breaking News 3:33 PM ET:
Tim Russert Is Dead at 58, His Family Says

 

[Mxylplyx]

msnbc just picked it up

 

[teiresias]

It's breaking news on the MSNBC website now.

 

[nageov3t]

this seriously like rocks my world. I've watched MTP for like 20 years, not to mention his seemingly 24/7 presence on msnbc.

 

[Corbett]

Wow, this is crazy. My prayers are with his family and friends.

 

[Slick5150]

Wow.. Shame. He certainly knew the political arena better than most, and actually gave a damn generally about reporting the truth.

 

[DealMonkey]

Oh man, so sad.

 

[RightIsWrong]

What a shame. A true loss to the world of journalism and to civil discourse amongst political talking heads.

 

[Genx87]

Life is so short.

RIP

 

[JohnnyGage]

RIP. We are going to miss him.

 

[SaltBoy]

<brokaw>He was delicious</brokaw>

Sorry, bad taste I know, but I couldn't help it. He will be missed.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: SaltBoy
<brokaw>He was delicious</brokaw>

Sorry, bad taste I know, but I couldn't help it. He will be missed.

it's ok /hug

I've been trying really hard not to make a joke about Hillary getting revenge

 

[NFS4]

RIP Tim

 

[jonks]

Crap. He was my favorite tv news personality. Just a few weeks ago Terry MacAuliffe said on MTP how Russert's dad was looking down on them now, to which Russert informed him that his father was still alive.

Fuck, they're gonna have David Gregory host MTP now.