Rush Limbaugh, Right-Wing
Radio Host, Dead at 70.
Conservative talk show host
Rush Limbaugh died on Wednesday.
His wife, Kathryn, confirmed his death
at the beginning of his regular radio show,
‘The Rush Limbaugh Show.’.
I, like you, very much wish Rush was behind this
golden microphone now, welcoming you to
another exceptional 3 hours of broadcasting …
It is with profound sadness I must share with
you directly that our beloved Rush, my
wonderful husband, passed away this morning
due to complications from lung cancer. , Kathryn Limbaugh, on 'The Rush Limbaugh Show'.
Limbaugh was very open about his
terminal stage 4 lung cancer diagnosis, which
he disclosed to the public in February 2020. .
Shortly after revealing his illness,
former President Donald Trump awarded him
the Presidential Medal of Freedom. .
According to 'Forbes,' the
70-year-old was the second-
highest paid radio personality
in the United States, worth an
estimated $600 million. .
Limbaugh’s views, although
always impassioned, were
highly controversial and
famously inaccurate. .
He used the term “Femi-nazi” in 2015 to
describe women’s rights advocates. .
More recently, Limbaugh falsely
compared COVID-19 to the common cold
and downplayed the pandemic.