Tim Russert

Tim Russert has passed away at age 58. His death came due to a coronary embolism but he was doing the job he loved. I feel awful for his wife and son. Awful.

Besides family - the big loves of Russert's life were politics and sports. He was a giant in politics. Anyone who was anyone had to do his show Meet the Press. The President of the United States stopped what he was doing when he heard the news of Russert's death to express his condolences. You don't get any bigger than that.

Because of his "power" Russert got to meet all the sports heroes and go to all the games he wanted. Almost every obituary will mention his love of the Buffalo Bills. He got Bud Selig, Hank Steinbrenner and Larry Lucchino to all issue press releases of sympathy and loss.

It seems to me that Tim Russert got to live his dreams. We should all be so lucky. He drank fully from the cup of life. I'm guessing that if God gave Tim the chance to do things over that he'd live his life the same way but with a request that once, just once, the Bills got to win the Super Bowl.