Tributes from across the country are pouring in for conservative talk radio personality Rush Limbaugh, who passed away this week at the age of 70.
On Thursday, 95.5 WSB’s Scott Slade, Eric Von Haessler, Erick Erickson, Mark Arum, Shelley Wynter, and Neal Boortz held a roundtable to remember the iconic host.
>>Listen back to the special programming below.
Earlier this week, Rush Limbaugh’s wife Kathryn announced live on WSB’s airwaves that the talk radio personality had passed away.
>>Listen to her full statement below.
“I, like you, very much wish Rush was behind this golden microphone now, welcoming you to another exceptional 3 hours of broadcasting,” Kathryn Limbaugh 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.”
Rush 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.
Sad News: Rush Limbaugh, iconic radio personality and WSB host, has passed away. More coverage NOW on 95.5 WSB: https://t.co/yW4Kc58ooV. pic.twitter.com/JMzCOHHn3L
— WSB Radio (@wsbradio) February 17, 2021
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.”
Rush Limbaugh launched his self-titled conservative talk radio show in 1988. Since then, “The Rush Limbaugh Show” has expanded to air on 600 stations nationwide, garnering an audience of up to 20 million people weekly.
Limbaugh is survived by Kathryn, his fourth wife. He did not have children.
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