OT and Very Sad

"Meet the Press" moderator Tim Russert is dead of an apparent heart
attack at age 58. 

Excerpted from the New York Times: 
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/russert-dies-of-apparent-heart-attack/index.html?hp

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NBC's Tim Russert Dies
By Katharine Q. Seelye 

Tim Russert, the host of "Meet the Press," and NBC's Wa****ngton bureau
chief, has died. He was 58. 

Mr. Russert was a towering figure in American journalism and moderated
several debates during the recent presidential primary season. 

Tom Brokaw, the former anchor of NBC Nightly News, came on the air at
3:39 p.m. that Mr. Russert had collapsed and died early this afternoon
while at work. He had just returned from Italy with his family.   

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