Tim Russert, the NBC newscaster and host of the Sunday talk show "Meet the Press," passed away today after suffering from a heart attack. Russert was 58 years old.
Russerts death was announced on-air at NBC by fellow newscaster Tom Brokaw at 3:39 this aftternoon. Brokaw praised Russert as a premier political analyst and journalist who will be greatly missed, on and off screen.
Read the complete story on Tim Russerts death here at the WashingtonPost.com
A few news reports are also claiming that Russert had diabetes. While no previous heart conditions are being reported at this time, it is well known that people with diabetes are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
To learn more about the relationship between heart disease and diabetes read:
Silent Heart Disease Common in Diabetics
For more information on the signs and symptoms of heart disease and heart attack read:
I would like to inform you that Tim Russert did not have diabetes. On "Larry King Show", Monday, June the 16th, Larry had Russert's cardiolodist who informed everyone that Russert was not a diabetic. In fact his fasting glucose was 104 and his last A1c was 5.3. He ( the CARDIOLOGIST) said all these numbers were well within in range of a non-diabetic. So I think you need to check your information and correct what you are putting on your website. It's not right to minipulate things so that you can write an article and make it work to your benifit. Check you resourses.
Evei.