Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 Following Battle With Cancer

Rush Limbaugh Dies at 70 Following Battle With Cancer

Conservative ratio and television personality Rush Limbaugh has died at 70.

In February 2020, Limbaugh had announced he was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. 

Limbaugh's wife Kathryn made the announcement of his passing on his radio show Wednesday.

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"As so many of you know, losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life," she said. "Rush will forever be the greatest of all time."

Limbaugh’s Career

“A pioneer of AM talk-radio, Limbaugh for 32 years hosted "The Rush Limbaugh Show," a nationally-syndicated program with millions of loyal listeners that transfigured him into a partisan force and polarizing figure in American politics,” reported CNN.

“In many ways, his radio show was like the big bang of the conservative media universe. ‘TheRush Limbaugh Show’ helped popularize the political talk-radio format and usher in a generation of conservative infotainment.”

Limbaugh's bio on his website stated the following.

Rush Limbaugh, the “Doctor of Democracy,” is known as the pioneer of AM radio. Limbaugh revolutionized the media and political landscape with his unprecedented combination of serious discussion of political, cultural and social issues along with satirical and biting humor, which parodies previously “untouchable” personalities and topics. His passion inspires millions of Americans to be the best they can be and keeps the country on course to a bright future.

In 1988, Rush launched his phenomenally successful radio broadcast, The Rush Limbaugh Show, into national syndication with 56 radio stations. Now, 32 years later, the show is heard on more than 600 stations by up to 27 million people each week and is the highest-rated national radio talk show in America. On February 5, 2020, at the State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump awarded Rush the Presidential Medal of Freedom, our nation’s highest civilian honor. Rush has also received the Marconi Radio Award five times, and has been inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians, the Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

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