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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:06 pm
Oh no 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:09 pm
It is just so sad.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:26 pm
So sad.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:28 pm
Oh no!!
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:29 pm
This is a tremendous loss to his family of course, and to all who enjoyed his news coverage.... but it saddens me also to think that he is going to miss out on the rest of this exciting election season, and perhaps a very historic democratic presidency.
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Jhonise
Member
07-10-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:38 pm
So sad 
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Geri
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 1:53 pm
All I can picture is Tim with his board that election night a lifetime ago smiling and saying--Florida, Florida, Florida. To put it bluntly, this just sucks. He was so young and such a good guy.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 2:40 pm
I remember that Geri. I really liked his boards that he'd use to illustrate the electoral votes. He made everything very clear for everyone. He'll be missed. 
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 2:49 pm
He will be miss. This is a big loss. My condolences to his family ...
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Msbullwnkl
Member
08-16-2005
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 3:01 pm
Several sites are saying that is was a coronary embolism that caused the cardiac arrest. I wonder if his travel home from Italy had anything to do with that. I hope not. I am definitely going to miss his white board analysis. I always felt like his commentary was great for someone like me who doesn't understand all this "red state", "blue state" junk the elections have turned into.
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 3:06 pm
Per People.com Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press and Washington bureau chief of NBC, died of a coronary embolism at age 58, NBC confirmed. "It is my sad duty to report this afternoon that my friend and colleague Tim Russert ... collapsed and died while at work in the NBC news bureau in Washington, D.C.," Tom Brokaw said on an NBC bulletin Friday. "This news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice." Brokaw said Russert and his wife, Vanity Fair journalist Maureen Orth, and their son Luke, had been on vacation in Italy when Russert returned to Washington for his show Sunday. The family was also celebrating Luke's graduation from Boston College earlier this spring. Reacting to the news, President Bush said in a statement, "Laura and I are deeply saddened by the sudden passing of Tim Russert. Those of us who knew and worked with TIm, his many friends, and the millions of Americans who loyally followed his career on the air will all miss him." On a personal note, the President said, "He was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it." Russert's fellow journalist, CNN's Anderson Cooper, who is currently in Africa, told PEOPLE in a statement: "Tim Russert was a remarkable journalist and an extraordinarily decent human being. He was relentless in his search for truth, and his death is a terrible loss. My heart goes out to his family and friends." Russert had served as host of Meet the Press since 1991, according to MSNBC. The program itself has been on the air for 60 years, making it the longest running on TV. In 2005, Russert won an Emmy for covering the funeral of President Ronald Reagan. Born to a blue-collar family in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 7, 1950, Russert graduated from John Carroll University and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He was a member of the bar in New York and the District of Columbia, and before beginning his TV journalism career was counselor in the New York governor's office (in 1983 and 1984, the same year he joined NBC) and a special counsel in the U.S. Senate (from 1977 to 1982). His two books, 2004's Big Russ and Me (about his WWII veteran father) and 2006's Wisdom of Our Fathers were both bestsellers. He and Orth have been married since 1983.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 3:27 pm
Very sad news.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 3:39 pm
This is just so heartbreaking. I keep thinking that this Sunday is Father's Day, and how his own father whom he adored and commemorated in Big Russ and Me; and his son Luke, who adored and admired him, will face this loss.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 5:21 pm
So very sad.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 5:49 pm
I've been watching all the news shows and it's just breaking me up. It's so sad. He will be missed.
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Beth4freedom
Member
10-24-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 5:59 pm
There will be a special on NBC at 10 pm tonight on the passing of Tim Russert; they devoted their whole 1/2 hour news show to him tonight, including short interview with Ethel Kennedy, amongst many others.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 6:12 pm
I saw that. This is one man that there will be nothing bad said about.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 6:53 pm
I've been watching CNN all the time I've been home today and it is so sad. Campbell Brown nearly lost it talking about Tim. I love that he was awarded Father of the Year. There truly is nothing bad that can be said of him.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 8:30 pm
So sad.. they broke into golf coverage and I've been watching CNN. Sad for his father and for his son... and colleagues and viewers too. So scary that his condition would have been almosst impossible to diagnose and is almost always fatal.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Friday, June 13, 2008 - 9:23 pm
Tim Russert Very sad.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 10:40 am
I am so sad about this. so sad. He was awesome. I will miss him very much. So many in this nation will grieve. He felt like everyone's friend. He seemed so open and accessible and that seems rare for such a famous person. He was so wise. He was so enjoyable to watch and listen to. He was so trustworthy. I love how he smiled so much. I'm so sad and shocked that he is no longer with us. I too feel extra sad about Father's Day since he was so close to his son and father. I also feel that had he known, he would be so upset at having to miss this election. I'm sad for him.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 2:32 pm
Good coverage last night by Larry King and on Monday he'll rerun past interviews with Tim. Sunday's Meet the Press will be a tribute as well.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 2:36 pm
This morning on Today (or whatever the early morning NBC show is) his doctor explained that he was being tteated for BP and Cholesterol but that any plaque he had in arteries (which they confirmed on autopsy) was on the edges and did not impede blood flow, so he could pass stress tests. He had a sophisticated stress echocardiogram in April and was just fine.. doctor said he would have passed the same test earlier on the day of his death, but then when the plaque breaks loose, that is most often fatal. He did struggle with weight and diet, but did some exercise. Most of his colleagues agree that he never stopped going, job-wise. So many people mentioned that if only he could have stuck around for the election...
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 3:03 pm
He will be missed during the elections, that's for sure. When I think of him though, I think of his love for his family and his father. Whenever he'd talk about him, he would bring tears to my eyes. His feelings were always so genuine. He really was the genuine article. He was a good man and it's a great loss.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, June 14, 2008 - 4:44 pm
This is a nice read.... Remembering the kid from Buffalo
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