Timothy Joseph Russert Sr., the father of the late Tim Russert of NBC's "Meet the Press," died from natural causes Thursday, according to his family. He was 85.
Among those lost was a 9/11 widow en route to celebrate her late husband
The son of the late newsman will cover the upcoming national conventions for NBC
Maureen Orth credits the family's faith and the outpouring of love in coping with Tim's death
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days
George Carlin was "the total package of what a comedian's skills could be," Jerry Seinfeld said Monday in a "Larry King Live" tribute to the comedian.
NBC says veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw will moderate "Meet the Press" through the November election
"I told him, 'I don't know how you do it,' " wife Maureen Orth tells PEOPLE
The 22-year-old tells mourners gathered to remember Tim Russert, "We are all a small part of a grand design"
There were enough TV journalists and political strategists to fill several political roundtables attending the funeral for Meet the Press host Tim Russert
Timothy Joseph Russert Sr., the father of the late Tim Russert of NBC's "Meet the Press," died from natural causes Thursday, according to his family. He was 85.
Among those lost was a 9/11 widow en route to celebrate her late husband
The son of the late newsman will cover the upcoming national conventions for NBC
Maureen Orth credits the family's faith and the outpouring of love in coping with Tim's death
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says her husband was not upset when he learned of all the nude photos she did during her modeling days
George Carlin was "the total package of what a comedian's skills could be," Jerry Seinfeld said Monday in a "Larry King Live" tribute to the comedian.
NBC says veteran news anchor Tom Brokaw will moderate "Meet the Press" through the November election
"I told him, 'I don't know how you do it,' " wife Maureen Orth tells PEOPLE
The 22-year-old tells mourners gathered to remember Tim Russert, "We are all a small part of a grand design"
There were enough TV journalists and political strategists to fill several political roundtables attending the funeral for Meet the Press host Tim Russert
Tim Russert's personal physician says medics tried to save the NBC anchor shortly after he collapsed at work.
Just days before his death, the newsman took his family on a Roman holiday
President Bush and his wife, Laura, went to a wake for Tim Russert, the television newsman who died last Friday
A public wake, a private funeral and a televised memorial are set for the NBC newsman
Still reeling from Tim Russert's death, NBC News must now contemplate replacing the man with many different roles
Each week, SI.com's Richard Deitsch will report on newsmakers from the world of TV, radio and the Web.
"We're holding up as best as can be," said the newsman's son about his family
"Tim was a great dad," the late newsman's sister tells PEOPLE
Despite passing a stress test on April 29, the newsman's personal doctor says he died of a heart attack
He was tough on TV, but friends recall Tim Russert as a family man and "sweetheart"
The news star credited his success to his father – and was devoted to his son
The moderator's chair on NBC's "Meet the Press" stood empty on Sunday in remembrance of Tim Russert, the man who had occupied it for 17 years.
The Meet the Press host dies of coronary artery disease in his NBC office
The president and the presumptive White House candidates pay tribute to the veteran newsman
It was back in April when Pope Benedict XVI came to Washington. The Rev. David O'Connell, the president of The Catholic University of America, was hosting the pope for a large meeting with bishops.
Tim Russert, who became one of America's leading political journalists as the host of NBC's "Meet the Press," died Friday, the network said. He was 58.
Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric and Brian Williams are among the journalists remembering their colleague
U.S. President George Bush met with French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday for talks that focused on shared international concerns as much as they did on the two countries' strong bilateral relationship.
Joe Klein remembers 30 years of friendship and sparring with Tim Russert, the late Meet the Press host
TIME managing editor Richard Stengel recalls the political Russert's early years and transition to from operative to journalism
NBC News host Tim Russert died Friday at 58. The respected political journalist had been the host of "Meet the Press" since 1991.
The death of the Meet the Press host and media institution is a blow not just to NBC but all of political journalism
Amid an otherwise tepid Nevada face-off, a sign that voters are fed up with discussions of race dominating the campaign
You'll hear a lot about the Hispanic vote leading up to "Super Duper Tuesday" on February 5. That's when presidential primaries occur in 23 states, several with large Hispanic populations.
The former White House aide gets a suprisingly tough sentence for perjury and obstructon of justice
On the eve of Scooter Libby's sentencing, the damage from a troubling prosecution has already been done -- to journalists and the public interest
A top White House aide from past administrations speculates that some of the facts in the CIA leak case may never come to light, even with the conclusion of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial.
The 12 jurors in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby began deliberating late Wednesday morning.
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby lied to the FBI and a grand jury about how he heard that Valerie Plame was a CIA operative, a prosecutor told the jury Tuesday in the perjury trial of Vice President Dick Cheney's former aide.
The defense and prosecution rested Wednesday in the perjury trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby.
NBC's Tim Russert, the last prosecution witness in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial, takes the stand again on Thursday. The "Meet the Press" host testified Wednesday he did not inform Libby of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, as Libby has said. The prosecution is expected to wrap up with Russert, and then the defense will have a chance to drill the prosecution's star witness. CNN's Heidi Collins spoke with legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin about the effectiveness of the prosecution's tactics.
I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's lawyers are debating whether to call Libby's former boss, Vice President Dick Cheney, to the stand, a source with knowledge of the lawyers' discussions told CNN on Thursday.
NBC's Tim Russert, the last prosecution witness in I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby's perjury trial, testified Wednesday he did not inform Libby of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity, as Libby has said.
On a tape played at his trial Tuesday, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby told investigators he thought President Bush authorized him to discuss the contents of a classified report on Iraq intelligence with reporters.
Prosecutors in the criminal trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby plan to rest their case as soon as Tuesday.
So we hear this week that President George W. Bush is taking delight in the spread of the "alternative press" (read conservatives on the internet, in talk radio, in print, and at Fox) and the gentle detumesence of "mainstream media" (read liberal media, or more precisely, Democratic media). Well I join him in his satisfaction.
Vice President Dick Cheney's former top adviser made his first court appearance Thursday, pleading not guilty to felony charges of lying to investigators and a grand jury in the probe into a leak of a CIA agent's name.
"I've got this down," Michael Chertoff boasted to aides last weekend as he staved off questions on television about handling the Katrina disaster.
Practical Democratic politicians, intent on reversing a decade of decline, feel trapped in a bad dream with Howard Dean as the most prominent prospect to be the party's national chairman.
Professor George Carlin?
A Time magazine reporter chose to fight a court order requiring him to testify in the Justice Department's probe into the leak of a CIA operative's name, while an NBC executive chose to cooperate, according to court documents and parties involved in the case.
Vice President Dick Cheney was a guest on NBC's Meet the Press last September when host Tim Russert brought up Halliburton.
Two journalists, including NBC's Tim Russert, have been subpoenaed by the Justice Department in the investigation into who leaked the name of a covert CIA operative, according to the journalists' media outlets.
Sen. John Kerry, having escaped intact a one-hour grilling by NBC's Tim Russert on "Meet the Press" Sunday, slipped in the closing minutes.
All week long in the capital, worried Republicans buzzed about George W. Bush's Sunday interview on NBC's "Meet the Press."
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