Survivors include Russert’s wife, Maureen Orth, a writer for Vanity Fair magazine, whom he met at the 1976 Democratic National Convention; and their son, Luke.
Tom Brokaw gave MSNBC viewers the news at 3:40 p.m. “He worked to the point of exhaustion so many weeks,” Brokaw said, adding: “This news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice.”
Russert always seemed like the guy you would get if you took Rush and Chrissy Matthews and ran em at each other in a super collider