Conservative radio host, political commentator and author Rush Limbaugh has died of lung cancer at age 70. He was diagnosed with the disease about a year ago. His death was announced on his show by his wife Kathryn.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri to Rush Hudson Limbaugh II and the former Mildred Carolyn Armstrong. He graduated from Cape Girardeau Central High School, where he had played football. He dropped out of college and was hired as a disk jockey WIXZ in McKeesport, Pennsylvania and later had a nighttime position at KQV in Pittsburgh. He bounced around between several other radio stations, but also worked for the Kansas City Royals. He was given his own talk show on WABC in New York City in 1988, which became his flagship station until he and the show moved to WOR in 2014. He also had a syndicated TV show from 1992 to 1996. He also wrote several books, including The Way Things Ought to Be and See, I Told You So.
Limbaugh suffered from various health problems, including deafness and prescription drug addiction. He became deaf and receive cochlear implants to restore some degree of his hearing. He also smoked cigars and for some time also smoked cigarettes.
Limbaugh was married four times but had no children. He is survived by his fourth wife, the former Kathryn Rogers, a party planner from Florida.
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