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