[Infowarrior] - Tim Russert of NBC Dead

[Richard Forno]

(c/o NY Post)

TIM RUSSERT DIES FROM APPARENT HEART ATTACK
By CHARLES HURT


June 13, 2008 --

Posted at 3:21 p.m.; Updated at 3:36 p.m.

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.

Russert joined NBC News in 1984. In April 1985, he supervised the live  
broadcasts of the Today program from Rome, negotiating and arranging  
an appearance by Pope John Paul II - a first for American television.  
In 1986 and 1987 Russert led NBC News weeklong broadcasts from South  
America, Australia and China.

In 2008, Time Magazine named him one of the world's 100 most  
influential people.

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