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On June 16, 2007, at 01:08 PM, I posted an article in this website’s Obituary and Memorial-Park Section and it contained the phrase: “Without Apology to Tim Russert”. Less than a year later, Mr. Russert becomes the subject himself of an obituary. Such is life because death really is “like a thief that comes in the night.”
The June 2007 article has this lead paragraph: “Yesterday was Father’s Day. One of the best tributes to American Fathers is broadcast journalist Tim Russert’s book, ‘Wisdom of Our Fathers (Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons).’ The book is available in most bookstores and of course at www.Amazon.com.”
To read again the article about Mr. Russert’s book and our piece regarding a similar publication on the wisdom of Filipino Fathers, please click on this link:
Wisdom of our Filipino Fathers (Without Apology to Tim Russert)
We e-mailed the office of Mr. Russert and told him about the article. We also asked if he might like to consider writing the foreword to the Filipino version of his book. He did not accept nor reject our invitation. (Our letter to Mr. Russert is reproduced in the Users' Comments, just after the 2007 article.)
To read the details of Mr. Russert’s demise, please to this hyperlink:
NBC's Tim Russert Dies From Heart Attack at 58
Political talk show moderator was the Washington Bureau chief for NBC News.
On behalf of the staff of the www.mabuhayradio.com, its webmaster and columnists and the officers and members of the Media Breakfast Club of Los Angeles, we extend our deepest sympathy and our collective condolences to the Russert Family and the NBC. All of us will miss Tim Russert but he will surely continue to "live" as we leaf through the pages of “Wisdom of Our Fathers,” which book will make readers remember him most every Father’s Day. # # #
"I think I can invoke personal privilege to say that this news division will not be the same without his strong, clear voice. He'll be missed as he was loved -- greatly."
- Tom Brokaw, NBC News anchor emeritus
"We have lost a beloved member of our NBC Universal family and the news world has lost one of its finest. The enormity of this loss cannot be overstated."
- NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker
"Tim epitomized excellence in journalism and unflinching commitment to the craft. Our profession has lost a stellar journalist."
- Sylvia Smith, president of the National Press Club
(As reported by various news agencies)
We in the www.mabuhayradio.com wrote this obituary, Tim Russert (1950-2008) Will Always Be Remembered on Father's Day
We wrote also on June 16, 2007, an article that has this lead paragraph: "Yesterday was Father's Day. One of the best tributes to American Fathers is broadcast journalist Tim Russert's book, 'Wisdom of Our Fathers (Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons).'"
We in the Filipino-American press grieve on the passing of an American broadcasting and literary giant.
Posted by: Bobby M. Reyes | June 14, 2008 9:48 AM
in the www.washingtonpost.com
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2008/06/tim_russert_dies.html
Posted by: Dan Monaghan | June 14, 2008 9:54 AM
As posted also in
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/postmortem/2008/06/tim_russert_dies.html
My dad, Big Russ, was a truck driver and a sanitation man…He worked two jobs for 30 years…and he never complained…and that was after he helped win WWII…that is the story of his generation…He never graduated high school…but he taught me more by the quiet eloquence of his hard work…by his basic decency…by his intense loyalty…he taught me the true lessons of life.
If there is ever a text book about fatherhood, his book, Father and Son, the Lessons of Life is the one.
He also never forgot his ethnicity as an Irish Catholic, the family value that he shared with us. He never forgot his hometown, Buffalo and the Bills. The New York Yankees but I would limit the remembering to some of the events that relate to one of us. He did not only report the current conflict, the running into the war but the persecution of the related cover-up, the famous Valerie Flame and CIA Leak. Suddenly, the highest-ranking Filipino American at White House found herself in the middle of a congressional and court inquiry. Tim Russert found himself another role in politics, not as the journalist. He was but as witness for the special prosecutor. Susan Bonzon Ralston and Karl Rove escaped criminal referral and eventually were cleared. Maybe I am just partial as Susan is not only Filipino American but the niece of my good friend in Jersey City. It is just maybe because she was trying to assist the flight of our WWII veterans Equity. NAFFAA tried to enlist her help.
We will never forget our father, the grandfather to most of you and their role with America’s greatest generation. That is the same way Russert remembered his father, a WWII veteran survived the crashed landing of the Liberator plane and taught his children to appreciate the values of self-discipline, of respect, of loyalty to friends. The county, the father, and son are blessed. This is my simple reflection. Happy Father’s Day!
Tim Russert did not forget his father, the WWII veteran.
As posted by Nestor in the
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