Veteran journalist Vaughn Ververs died suddenly on Sunday at age 54, MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell told her audience Monday.
“Our NBC News family has suffered a terrible loss with the sudden passing of our beloved top digital editor in Washington Vaughn Ververs, a mentor to many and a big-hearted colleague to all. Our deepest condolences to his wife [wife] Lisa and 3 children”
“For almost 13 years, Vaughn helped shape our political coverage as a top digital editor here in our Washington bureau,” Mitchell said. “He was a veteran reporter whose career included POLITICO and CBS News and the National Journal’s Hotline. He was also Deputy Press Secretary for Pat Buchanan’s presidential campaign.
“Vaughn pioneered a generation of political journalism and he mentored so many young journalists here. He was a devoted husband and father and loved his University of Colorado Buffaloes. Our hearts are with his wife, Lisa, and their three children.
“We all miss him terribly,” she concluded.
Ververs was editor of the Hotline many years ago.
A number of his fellow reporters mourned his sudden passing on Twitter and described him as smart, funny and likeable.
