Tim Russert dies at 58

SputnikPanic writes: Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and moderator of the popular Sunday talk program Meet the Press, has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 58. He was known as an even-handed journalist who did not shy away from asking direct and often difficult questions of politicians regardless of their political persuasion. Earlier this year, Tim Russert had been named as one of the "100 most influential people in the world" by Time Magazine.