Slice of Life Tuesdays: Remembering Tim Russert
Posted by blk1 on June 17, 2008
Tim Russert, dead at 58.
I am feeling his death because there is rarely a day passes that I’m not watching news on NBC. I wake up, click here, turn on the coffeemaker and reach for Today on NBC. And I love politics.
So NBC and politics, spell Tim Russert.
Why all the attention to this one news guy? Tuvia’s starting to wonder.
Why am I feeling sad?
Yesterday I watched Charlie Rose’s tribute to Tim. The first half of his show was a conversation between Al Hunt and Charlie just reminiscing about their personal relationship with Tim and then a series of interviews Charlie had with Tim throughout the years. and that was revealing. Tim Russert is getting all the this attention because he was passionate: loved his job, his family, politics, the world around him and lived his values. It’s the heartache that so many who knew him personally and right in his moment, he was here and then gone, suddenly at 58.
And the more I’m learning about him, the sadder I am. For example, I didn’t know that TIm began his career in politics with Patrick Moynihan and Mario Cuomo, two of my favorite politicians.
Tim Russert, you lived well and we rejoice in what you’ve left behind.
I’ll miss you.
Bonnie
June 17th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I first heard about Tim’s death on twitter. However, being an Australian, it did not mean anything to me but then so many people in my social network were commenting on it, so I knew he must have been a popular and influential person. Since I have established a social network, I have learned so much about other countries, their weather, politics, geography, culture etc far more so that from our local tv, newspapers and books.
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June 17th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I think people feel a loss because so much of news has been banal and on the surface, and he rarely let politicians get away with a canned answer.
Kevin
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June 17th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I’m not a big news watcher so I didn’t really grasp the significance of his death. Thanks for sharing and enlightening.
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