What Happened to Russert

Have a little compassion!!!!!!! Stop being so judgemental all you "perfect"people!!!!!!
My prayers are with his beautiful family. I'm sure there will be such a hole left in their hearts. God Bless.

I can't believe people are really shocked by his death. He was very overweight, had a high-stress job and had pre-determining factors like heart disease and diabetes. Duh! It's sad anytime someone dies but this should not have been a surprise. Exercise and eat less people!

So he had a history of heart disease, diabetes, and an enlarged heart. His days were numbered -- If one has to go early, going out at the top of one's game isn't a bad way to do it.

Definitely a transition for one of America's most prominent political journalists and programs - while I wasn't familiar with his work especially, it sounds as if he will be missed.

As buttersfoxone mentioned, though, the story might also be well-used to point out the dangers of our obesity epidemic. 58 is a relatively young age to die in a First-World society, and it does seem likely that excess weight played a serious role in his death - there is, of course, no way to be sure. But I remember being 26, not having exercised seriously and having overworked myself for two years, with a somewhat prominent gut and having occasional chest pains and palpitations - it really is very hard on one's body.

Pretty sad. Not sure what happened but he did appear to be overweight. this is often a main contributor to CHF

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