Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has died, family members announced on his nationally syndicated radio show. He was 70.
“I, like you, very much wish Rush was behind this golden microphone now, welcoming you to another exceptional three hours of broadcasting,” she said. “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.”
She remembered her husband as “the greatest of all time.”
“Rush was an extraordinary man, a gentle giant — brilliant, quick-witted, genuinely kind, extremely generous, passionate, courageous and the hardest working person I know,” she said. “Despite being one of the most recognized, powerful people in the world, Rush never let the success change his core or beliefs.”
Limbaugh revealed on his radio show last year that he had been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer on Jan. 20, 2020, after noticing he had shortness of breath. The next month, before his diagnosis was made public, then-President Donald Trump awarded Limbaugh with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his “tireless devotion to our country.”…