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Tim Russert, the prominent and beloved NBC correspondent, collapsed and died suddenly of a heart attack in the network‘s Washington office on Friday, June 13.
Russert had previously been diagnosed with several risk factors for a sudden heart attack, including coronary artery disease and diabetes. His death is a sad reminder that cardiac arrest can strike anyone without warning—and that when it does, it is often fatal.