Friday, June 13, 2008

NBC’s Tim Russert dead at 58

D.C. Bureau chief, ‘Meet the Press’ moderator collapsed on job

Virginia Sherwood / © NBC Universal, Inc.

MSNBC:Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press,” died Friday after a sudden heart attack at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58.

Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday’s “Meet the Press” program when he collapsed, the network said. He and his family had recently returned from Italy, where they celebrated the graduation of Russert’s son, Luke, from Boston College.

No further details were immediately available. [More...]

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