NBC’s Tim Russert Dead from Heart Attack

Sadly, today we found out that NBC’s “Meet the Press” moderator Tim Russert has passed away from an apparent Heart Attack, at the young age of 58 years old. Russert was also the NBC News Senior Vice President and Washington Bureau Chief.
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President George W. Bush, was informed of Russert’s death while at dinner in Paris France, quickly issued a statement of condolence that praised the NBC newsman as “an institution in both news and politics for more than two decades. Tim was a tough and hardworking newsman. He was always well-informed and thorough in his interviews. And he was as gregarious off the set as he was prepared on it.” While recording voice overs for the Sunday Edition of Meet the Press, Tim Russert collapsed at the Washington D.C. Bureau of NBC. Despite immediate quick at resuscitation by EMS and transportation to Sibley Memorial Hospital, Russert never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead a short time later. He just returned from Italy after celebrating his sons graduation from Boston College.