WEST PALM BEACH, FL (WBAP/KLIF News) – The Conservative talk radio world has lost a legend.
WBAP host Rush Limbaugh died Wednesday morning after a battle with lung cancer. He was 70 years old.
His wife Kathryn made the announcement during his radio show.
“Losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when the loved one is larger than life,” she said.
Limbaugh announced that he had Stage IV lung cancer on his show in February of 2020 shortly before former President Trump gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address.
He was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri in 1951 and began his career in radio at 16.
According to his shows website, his program first aired 33 years ago on national syndication with only 56 stations and eventually grew to be the most listened to radio show in the country, eventually airing on more than 600 stations.
Limbaugh was considered one of the most influential voices in Conservative media.
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