| The head of the Washington news bureau of the American broadcasting company NBC Tim Russert died on Friday due to a heart attack. News about his sudden death is posted on the site of the broadcasting company.
Russert, who was just 58 yrs old, felt bad during the preparations for Sunday's telecast of “Meet the Press”. He was resuscitated but however, the doctors could not save him.
The participation of Russert in the telecast “Meet the press”, which was started by Russert himself in 1991, was considered an important test for American politicians. As the head of the Washington bureau NBC, he was also responsible for organizing the coverage of the political life of the American capital. This year, the magazine Time included the journalist in a list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
The books authored by Russert were bestsellers.
Condolences to Russert’s family were extended by the US president George Bush, who made a special mention about the contribution of Russert to political journalism. Mayor of the city of Buffalo in New York State, from where Tim Russert hails, ordered to lower the national flags to half mast.
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Tim Russert, a political lifer and an icon of broadcast journalism, died of a heart attack this Friday in the midst of a presidential campaign he's been covering. Russert made a TV career out of his passion. He was both feared and liked in Washington.
Russert died of a heart attack, collapsing at the network's Washington bureau. He was just 58.
