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David Bloom (RIP) attended Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges in California (a consortium, Oxford style, of small leafy liberal arts colleges). I attended Claremont Mckenna. Pitzer is quite well known for being ext. left-wing. Read what Bloom's former professor, Dana Ward, (a notorious leftist) writes about her former student on the Pitzer homepage. David dove into Pitzer knowing that his views were quite different from most the faculty and students. He lived for those types of challenges. Never afraid to be in a minority, always willing to challenge received opinion and never satisfied with pat answers David...

Did anyone just catch this? At the end of O'Reilly, he flashed an address to send donations to David Bloom's family to set up a trust fund for his children. Excuse me, but I find that during the current state of affairs that this is wholly innapropriate. David Bloom died of a heart attack. It's tragic, my heart goes out to this family. But he worked for NBC, probably making some good money, I'm sure he had life insurance benefits, etc. To be asking for money while young men with young families are being killed in the line of duty,...

David Bloom's Last Ride The NBC journalist's death was possibly caused by the hours he spent reporting cramped in an Army vehicle -- just another way war kills   BusinessWeek's Balfour is "embedded" in the 3rd Infantry Division Five short lines to summarize the last day of a man who was, by all measures, in the prime of life. Already known by millions of Americans as a co-host of NBC's Weekend Today show, Bloom's live coverage of the Iraqi war gained him an even wider audience, in large part because of the "Bloom-mobile." He traveled most of the time in...

<p>I never knew David Bloom when he was alive. He was brought to our medical tent at the 703rd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) shortly before 8 a.m. on Apr. 6. Medics were still performing CPR on him when he arrived, but it was already too late. At 8:08 a.m. he was pronounced dead. As I was about to head to the medic station I overheard a soldier phoning in a report, in what I suppose was meant to be military efficiency. But it struck me as chillingly terse. "Report: initial. Enemy involvement: none. Name: Bloom, David. Military unit: civilian. Status: deceased."</p>

Special On David Bloom on MSNBC now.

NEW YORK, March 6 — “Hey, buddy.” That was David Bloom’s all-purpose greeting for anyone who crossed his path. Usually when someone develops a shorthand like that, it’s a cover for not remembering the other person’s name, or not much caring. For David, who used it with even his oldest friends, the effect was the opposite. He was gifted in his ability to establish a human connection almost immediately, which is part of what made him a gifted broadcaster. But it was more than that. He made you feel he was your buddy because he was. He mixed sincerity and...

<p>BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- David Bloom, a prominent NBC News journalist who was covering the war in Iraq, died suddenly of a non-combat ailment while on duty.</p> <p>Described as "dedicated, tenacious and talented," the 10-year NBC veteran, who was 39, was traveling with troops about 25 miles south of Baghdad when he suddenly collapsed, according to NBC spokeswoman Allison Gollust.</p>

Sun Apr 6, 8:57 AM ET NBC News correspondent David Bloom is shown in this undated handout photo. Bloom, who has been reporting on the war from the Iraqi desert, died from a pulmonary embolism, Sunday, April 6, 2003, the network announced. Bloom was the anchor of the weekend Today show and had been traveling with U.S. troops for several weeks in Iraq He was 39. (AP Photo/NBC News, HO) NEW YORK - NBC News correspondent David Bloom, who has been reporting on the war from the Iraqi desert, collapsed Sunday and died from a blood clot, the network...

NEW YORK, April 6 — David Bloom, an NBC News correspondent embedded with the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division outside Baghdad, died Sunday, NBC announced. Bloom, a 39-year-old husband and father of three, was the second American journalist to die in Iraq since the war began. His death was not combat related, according to NBC News. Bloom has reported on many top stories for NBC and served as White House correspondent, ‘Weekend Today’ anchor and field reporter. BLOOM had been co-anchor of the weekend editions of “Today” since March 2000. In his nearly 20-year career, Bloom covered many top stories...

I'm TV deprived, anybody watching MSNBC? Somebody just called and told me he had died, but from a pulmonary embolism. Anybody got news?