Tim Russert was a famed moderator, counsel, and media personality who served as the long-time host of NBC Network’s Meet the Press. He also worked as a journalist and has a book published under his name.

Tim Russert died at the age of 58 while he was at work on June 13, 2008, after suffering a massive heart attack.

Personal Relations

Tim Russert married Maureen Orth in 1983 whom he met at a Democratic convention three years prior. The couple tied the knot at Basilica de San Miguel located in Madrid, Spain and had a son named Luke Russert.

His wife went on to work as a writer for Vanity Fair magazine while his son followed in his father’s footsteps and worked as a youth correspondent during the elections held in 2008.

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Early Upbringing and Education

Born as Timothy John Russert Jr. on May 7, 1950, on Buffalo, New York, he was the only son of a bunch of four. His parents were Timothy Joseph and Elizabeth Russert.

His mother was a homemaker while his father who was known as “Big Russ” worked in sanitation and was a World War II veteran. The couple separated in 1976 after thirty years of marriage.

He had four other sisters and was raised in a Catholic religion with his parents having Irish and German ancestry in them.

Tim Russert attended Canisius High School in Buffalo of which upon graduation, he enrolled at John Caroll University located in Ohio. In 1972, he attained his bachelor’s degree from the said university and proceeded to take a law education at Cleveland State University’s Cleveland Marshall where he graduated from the College of Law in 1976.

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