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Tim Russert Dies At 58

Posted by Soulskill on from the never-stop-asking dept.

SputnikPanic writes "Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and moderator of the popular Sunday talk program Meet the Press, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 58. Russert was known as an even-handed journalist who did not shy away from asking direct and often difficult questions of politicians regardless of their political persuasion. Earlier this year, Russert had been named by Time Magazine as one of the '100 most influential people in the world.'"

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  1. Re:I think I speak for everyone by mangu · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why can't you just fucking google him

    Of course, you can also just fucking google Zico, or Evert Taube, or Pajarito Buitrago, but it still wouldn't be "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters".
  2. Deep Vein Thrombosis? by LibertineR · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Tim Russert flew home from Italy just last evening.

    I remember reading about a young woman (25) who died after getting off a flight to Australia fron a DVT blood clot. She apparently didnt leave her seat for the whole 13 hour flight.

    Since I fly a lot, I make sure that on flights longer than an hour or two, I get up and walk the length of the airplane, just to keep the circulation going.

    Russert, being overweight, would be prime for a DVT Heart Attack. One little clot, it breaks loose, blocks a blood vessel in the heart, and boom, you die.

    I would not be surprised that this happened to Russert. Shame, he was as fair as a liberal gets. I'm not trolling, either. I liked him.