NBC Nightly News - 2008-06-13 (no intro) (Tim Russert death)
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[0:00] are united in our profound sympathy for
[0:02] the members of Tim Russard's family. Tim
[0:06] died suddenly this afternoon in our
[0:08] Washington bureau where of course he was
[0:10] the longtime bureau chief. And as we
[0:12] like to say so often around here,
[0:14] moderator of Meet the Press. So many of
[0:17] us feel like we lost our partner today.
[0:20] We're united with all of you in knowing
[0:22] that we lost a friend. Tim had just
[0:24] flown back from Italy, a trip that was a
[0:26] college graduation gift to his son Luke,
[0:29] who was still in Italy with Tim's wife,
[0:32] Moren, when we learned this awful news.
[0:34] Our friend Timothy J. Russard was just
[0:37] 58 years old. We'll remember him on this
[0:40] broadcast tonight. We'll begin with
[0:42] NBC's Pete Williams.
[0:45] >> Tim Russard never missed a chance to
[0:47] tell anyone where he was from. From the
[0:49] place, South Buffalo, New York, he
[0:51] called it, and from the people,
[0:52] hardworking Irish Catholics, as he would
[0:54] recall years later.
[0:56] >> I began at Holy Family School, then on
[0:58] to St. Bonaventure School, where Sister
[1:01] Mary Lucille of the Sisters of Mercy
[1:03] helped give direction to my life.
[1:05] >> You know, you all you weren't always the
[1:07] most quiet student.
[1:08] >> Tim was especially proud of his
[1:10] bluecollar father, who drove a garbage
[1:12] truck for the city. Tim's book of
[1:14] reflections about growing up with his
[1:15] father, Big Russ, and Me, became a
[1:17] best-seller, as was a follow-up
[1:19] collection of letters in response to his
[1:21] first book. After college and a law
[1:24] degree, Tim felt the pull of politics,
[1:26] which would become his life's passion.
[1:28] He learned it from the