Meet The Press Tim Russert Tribute
NBC aired a tribute to longtime Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert on June 15, 2008. Russert died of a heart attack on June 13, 2008, while working at the NBC News bureau in Washington, DC.
Former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw opened the show with the words, "Our issues this Sunday." Brokaw noted they were the same words Russert was recording when he collapsed and died.1
Fast Facts
- Hour-long tribute to Russert on Meet the Press
- Program can be watched in its entirety at mtp.msnbc.com
- Russert's chair left empty during the show
- Panel included Tom Brokaw, presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and political pundits Mary Matalin and James Carville
- Several montages of Russert's work were shown
- California first lady and former NBC news correspondent Maria Shriver guest via remote hookup
- MSNBC commentator and Russert friend Mike Barnicle also appeared
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