Top US political journalist Tim Russert has died of a heart attack.

Mr Russert, 58, was the Washington Bureau Chief for US network NBC, and was known for his tough interviews on the weekly "Meet the Press" programme.

Before entering journalism, he worked for senior Democratic politicians Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Mario Cuomo.

Time magazine listed him as one of the 100 most influential people in the world Man killed as building collapses ...
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Slovak parliament approves EU's Lisbon treaty ... in 2008.

His memoir of his father - "Big Russ and Me" - became a best-seller in 2004.

(BBC)

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