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Article: Tim Russert.(EDITORIALS)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 16, 2008
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Byline: THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The sudden death on Friday of Tim Russert, NBC News Washington bureau chief and host of "Meet the Press" for almost 17 years, leaves a tremendous void in Washington journalistic and political circles - and for countless friends and admirers whose lives he touched. But most of all, his passing is mourned by his wife, Maureen Orth, and son Luke, and his father, Tim Russert Sr., best known as "Big Russ."
Mr. Russert, 58, suffered a fatal heart attack while recording voiceovers for Sunday's "Meet the Press," was among the most influential and respected figures in American journalism. It wasn't just his extraordinary research ...