(Untitled)- June 14, 2008 Tim Russert and I were the same age. Astounding. He collapsed yesterday of a heart attack at age 58. He will be mourned forever. What is so astounding to me is that he is my generation - I say that because I rarely learn that anyone of note came out of that particular era fraught with so much turmoil and insanity. I don't know for sure but it's possible that he graduated from high school in 1968 like we did and it's certain that he was involved in, aware of, and affected by all those...http://blogs.salon.com/0002569/2008/06/14.html#a81 |