Tim Russert’s Wife Is Maureen Orth

Meet author and journalist Maureen Orth, Tim Russert’s wife and loving companion. Our hearts go out to her and her son Luke Russert.Her famous husband passed away on June 13th, 2008, to a massive heart attack just before he was set to go on air on ABC News. That immense loss for such an event that was unforeseen must be indescribable.

Maureen Orth was a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia before embarking on a journalist career, for which she has won many awards. Her earlier experience in Colombia moved her so deeply that she created a foundation to help disadvantaged schools there.Ms. Orth was nominated for a National Magazine award for a 1994 article about Michael and Arianna Huffington which appeared in Vanity Fair. She has been published in the New York Times, Esquire Magazine, and the New York Post just to name a few highlights of her illustrious career.

Her earlier career includes a stint as contributing editor for Vogue, and as a writer for Newsweek magazine and a long-running relationship with Vanity Fair. The list of her writing achievements is endless and broad, as her interests have ranged from the arts to hard news.A movie has been discussed based on her book called “Vulgar Favors” which is about the relationship between terrorism and the opium trade in Afghanistan.On television Maureen Orth was a correspondent for NBC News, just like her husband.Tim Russert’s wife lives in Washington DC. The couple were married for 25 years. Their 22-year old son is named Luke Russert who just graduated from Boston College in 2008. Maureen and Tim would have just attended the graduation ceremony in recent weeks.