Rest in peace, Tim Russert
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jun 13, 2008 
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Just got to Minute Maid Park and heard the news that NBC’s Tim Russert has died.
Russert was a tremendous baseball fan who was at RFK Stadium to see the Yankees when they played there a few years ago. What a shame.
UPDATE, 4:56 p.m.: Here’s a statement from George Steinbrenner:
“I join millions of others in mourning Tim’s passing. He loved the game of baseball and was a true friend of the Yankees and mine. Tim always batted in the cleanup spot for the media and always hit for the fences. May God bless him and his family.â€
rip
Holy cow, CNN just posted this and Pete already has it.
RIP Tim (I hope you enjoy watching baseball in the afterlife and my prayers are w/ your loved ones)
I’ve always enjoyed Russert’s work. Terrible loss. Condolences to his family.
Wisdom of our Fathers is a fabulous book.
My condolences. Election night coverage won’t be the same. His work in 2000 was legendary.
Tseng, was in the last thread.
I think TMZ had it first. But yeah, the point is, it’s really sad. RIP
I work in politics here in the city and have worked with Tim. He was a journalist in the way Murrow was. He’ll be missed
Very, very sad news.
terrible news. very sad about it
Tim Russert was one journalist that I have always enjoyed and looked forward to watching. He’ll be missed. I wish his family peace.
He was far, far too young. 58. Wow. They said he collapsed. It was a heart attack. It just makes you even more aware of how fragile we all are.
Remarkably wikipedia is already updated.
Just goes to show, you never know when your time will come. Enjoy life to the fullest. RIP Tim, you will be missed.
very, very sad. Condolences to Tim’s family. He seemed like a good man.
RIP Tim Russert. =(
this is so sad. i really respected him. apparently him and yogi were really close.
Wow! I had no idea. I liked him.
God bless his family.
This guy was a great journalist. Pete, your profession just experienced a major loss. RIP Tim.
We just lost another devoted Yankee fan.
RIP, Tim.
In my opinion, a towering giant in a field swarming with midgets and nitwits. With his intelligence, fair-mindedness and willingness to assert common sense over the fashionable and trendy pseudo-thinking that permeates so much of the electronic media, Tim Russert always stood out. I guess the good do die young.
RIP
What a shame.
Rest in peace Tim. Great journalist and seemed like a truly fine person. I always loved to listen to him, no sugar coating just the facts, and he wasn’t afraid of asking any question to anyone.
That Howard Rubenstein is a great writer.
Bottom Line… VERY well said.
In a country where less and less real news is reported, he will be sorely missed. He was a GREAT reporter in a pool of so very few. Condolences to his family.
I loved Tim Russert. I would reccomend his boo Big Russ and me to anyone in their 50′s…as a Catholic..it was like he was writing of my own family.
He was one of the best…God bless him.
Sundays won’t be the same.
RIP.
Tim was simply the best of the best. Our world will not be the same without him. Such passion for life and love for people.
To the Russert Family: thanks for sharing him with us all these years. What a treasure.
I was shocked when I got home and heard the news. RIP he seemed like a great man.
RIP
HUGE Loss. In addition to being the best journalist Tim was, quite simply, a great human being.
this is very upsestting, he seemed like a wonderful man and father and family man. God bless his family.
Rest in Peace, Tim. We will all miss you.
God bless him and his family. Such sad news when I heard earlier today. Too young for this to happen.
I Loved Tim Russerts zeal and spirit. He was a gentle giant and our World was so much better with Tim here. Tim tried every day to improve our Political World;keeping the liars and crooks at bay and trying to get them exposed as well as getting the answer from all politicians to solving our hugh problems. He was a wonderful personality;I could see a wonderful spirit in Tim and loved his smile what a handsome and beautiful spirit. I’ll miss his every show appearance ; I looked forward to Tim Eveyday. D. Martin. Md./f
I’ll miss him so much..There is no other like Tim Russert.God Bless Him and his family.. Rest in Peace Tim
To everyone At NBC and the other journalists, take better care of yourselves,and work a little less than Tim Russert did,and you may be alive much beyond 58 years
For Tim Russert Go Buffalo Bills!!!!!!
Tim’s sudden death is a tragedy, he was truly one of the few
respectable and decent people in Washington. He will be greatly missed. Meet the Press was the program I so looked forward to every Sunday, Tim had a humane way about him and
you would always go away knowing exactly what he intended the viewers to learn. My sympathy goes out to all he touched
through out his life.
I rarely comment on blogs but yours I had to stop and say Great Blog!!