Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh has died of cancer at age 70.
Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday after a year-long battle with cancer.
Limbaugh’s death at age 70 was announced Wednesday on his influential conservative radio program, by his wife, Kathryn.
Limbaugh announced last February that he was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.
Although the cancer was expected to quickly kill Limbaugh, he received treatment and continued to host his radio program over the year.
Shortly after his diagnosis, then-President Donald Trump surprised Limbaugh at last year’s State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress by awarding him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Then-first lady Melania Trump put the medal around Limbaugh’s neck.
“The Rush Limbaugh Show” premiered in 1988, airing for 33 years.
Limbaugh’s program went on the air at a time when conservative media outlets were few and far between. Liberal opinion dominated all the broadcast networks, Time, Newsweek, NPR and most newspapers. He was a breath of fresh air, and became notably more conservative after Desert Storm. Straight from the git-go, liberals hated him for daring to bust up their media monopoly, and liberal Twitter is reacting to his death with exactly the sort of grace and tact you’d expect.
There isn’t one good quality about Rush Limbaugh. Not one. Fuck him. Wherever he is.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) February 17, 2021
Rush Limbaugh was a coward and white supremacist. He aggressively and cynically exploited divisions in our country by weaponizing hatred and bigotry for his own personal gain. He was in service to his own greed, prejudice, and hypocrisy, and that is how history will remember him.
— Charlotte Clymer 🏳️🌈 (@cmclymer) February 17, 2021
(With a side helping of wishing Henry Kissinger dead as well.)
Limbaugh always opened his show with the quote “…with talent on loan from God,” and now he gets to give it back.
A few tributes:
No words … I just got news the Rush Limbaugh has passed away.
thanks Rush for all you taught, gave and were. A hero to many. An icon. A patriot. A revolutionary that saved radio.
Heavens gain, our loss.— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) February 17, 2021
Like millions of conservatives across the country, I grew up listening to Rush Limbaugh, his ability to explain any given topic was unmatched, his intellect was legendary, over the years I have watched him do so much good helping out struggling Americans.
Rest in Peace, Rush.
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) February 17, 2021
If you know a conservative under the age of 35, Limbaugh influenced them. Whatever you think of his career trajectory, and I have my frustrations in the Trump era, he was a profoundly important check on Democratic narratives in the press. A true legend. Rest in peace.
— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) February 17, 2021
Farewell to Rush Limbaugh. A giant of American broadcasting, a man who inspired millions, and infuriated millions (and then inspired some of those, too). He saw through the media lies to bring out the greatness of this country. He fought to the end like the American that he was.
— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) February 17, 2021
Don’t worry about all the negative stuff the communists are saying about Rush. Read all of them. Then go live the kind of life that ensures they’ll say the same thing about YOU when you die.
Make the right enemies. And make sure they hate you like they hated him.
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) February 17, 2021