Remembering Tim Russert
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Russert was born in Buffalo, New York to Irish American Catholic parents Elizabeth ("Betty"), a homemaker, and Timothy Joseph "Big Russ" Russert, a sanitation worker and newspaper truck driver,[2]
He received his B.A. from John Carroll University and an honours Juris Doctor from Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.[2] Russert commented on Meet the Press that he went to Woodstock, "in a Buffalo Bills jersey with a case of beer." While in law school, an official from his alma mater, John Carroll University, called Russert to ask if he could book some concerts for the school as he had done while a student. He agreed, but said he would need money because he was running out of money to pay for law school. One concert that Russert booked was headlined by a then-unknown singer, Bruce Springsteen, who charged $2,500 for the concert appearance. Russert told this story to Jay Leno when he was a guest on the The Tonight Show on NBC on June 6, 2006.[6]
I am so devastated and still mourning for Tim Russert. How sad...very sad...
