Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh dies at 70

Conservative talk show radio host and Republican party icon Rush Limbaugh has died. He was 70 years old.

His wife Kathryn announced his passing on his radio show Wednesday, saying Limbaugh died earlier this morning.

“Rush will forever be the greatest of all time,” she said.

Limbaugh had been battling advanced lung cancer since February.

Back in October, Limbaugh provided this somber update on his show: “You know, I wake up every day and thank God that I did. I go to bed every night praying I’m gonna wake up. I don’t know how many of you do that, those of you who are not sick, those of you who are not facing something like I and countless other millions are.”

Former President Donald Trump awarded Limbaugh the Medal of Freedom during his most recent State of the Union address

This appearance only a few days after his he revealed his diagnosis on his show.

“I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down with this, but the upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer,” Limbaugh said in February.

“The Rush Limbaugh Show” first aired in 1988.

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[stuffandthings]

My boomer dad was a huge Rush fan, I'd still tune in from time to time on the way to work and such since he was usually a pretty entertaining listen even if his brand of boomercon politics lost its luster to me over the years. With all the shit he got into I'm also surprised he lasted this long, at one point I was relatively sure he'd die of something before Obama's term was up. I stopped being phased by grave dancing years ago even if it's still personally tasteless to me (and I thought the RBG crab raving was pretty distasteful), I will say of all the big names that've gotten the crab rave lately he'd probably enjoy it the most, he thrived on making libs seethe at his very existence.

My boomer dad had a weird on-again off-again love/hate thing listening to Rush, that's left me kind of wistful about the whole thing. My dad's a farmer, so he's been riding around listening to the radio pretty much all day for 40 years. I remember times he would swear off Rush, because Rush was, lets be honest, an egotistical bombastic blowhard, but my dad would always go back, eventually.

The guy was a charitable, self-destructive, asshole who had a sense of humor about himself. I kinda saw him as a Shatner for the GOP. He earned the hatred he got from the left, relished it, and would probably love to see all the gravedancing he's getting from people he disdained.

But my dad was kinda bummed today. We listened to Rush's wife give her little announcement as we ran calves, and he was silent and respectful the whole time.

I loved that he was willing to be on Family Guy multiple times.

 

[Dread First]

Never knew who the man was, nor did I ever care to know. At a cursory glance, the man's politics and personality reflected neocon values that are utter anathema to what I stand for. Cancer's fucking horrible, but I sincerely doubt that anyone outside of his family will sincerely miss the man. The only thing I can say is that at least he's not McCain.

 

[XYZpdq]

Actually I kind of liked the guy 20-30 years ago.... but I was always an AM talk radio kind of autist. The most interesting I can tell you about the him is that he ate so many handfuls of oxycontin that it made him almost completely deaf... and that was a long time ago.... 20 years or so. Kudos to anyone who can stay on the air and not sound like a retard after losing their hearing. He was owning libtards and being a secret degenerate before it was cool. Press F .... >presses F

I think I recall that if you go deaf from oxy and then you quit you get some hearing back. Also the later in life you go deaf the less you sound weird.

Does anyone know what caused his lung cancer? Was is radon gas exposure? Smoking? Air pollution?

smoking
dude liked his cigars

 

[The Last Stand]

What makes him impressionable to the older generation? I don't get it. All this talk about "Back in my day, everybody respected everybody" yet they listen to people like Rush.

 

[WeDon'tNeedToWhisper]

Libs are making Rush sound based, instead of the hack cuck blowhard he was. Any now-controversial thing he said was safe for a bog-standard GOP mouthpiece to say at the time.

My last memory of him is him getting his balls handed to him on the Breakfast Club, a shamefur dispray of boomer cuckoldry

What did he do?

Imagine talking shit about a dead person while while admitting you listen to the breakfast club. You're either a nigger or a degenerate non-nigger. Which is it, nigger?

 

[Hal]

This is actaully quite sad, I grew up listening to him and always thought his show was really fun to listen to even as a kid. Even if I didn't agree with him on everything in the later years I still thought he was a cool guy overall and fun to listen to. Lung cancer is a pretty shitty way to go as well. RIP

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

Commentary aside on who he was, nobody deserves a death from Cancer. It's brutal. RIP.

 

[SITHRAK!]

Most couldn't even tell you what RBG did that was so horrible.
"He's just a talking head" is a weird defense for a board that hates journos and commentators as much as it does.

RBG protected Roe v Wade and as a result has helped kill more niggers than KFC, the KKK, and crack cocaine combined. So... based?

 

[Neil]

Another fucking win for humanity, 2021's looking bright.

Cancer Update: Dead silence! Rush just got his one way ticket to the big old Ronald Reagan meet-n-greet down below, after all. I'm pretty sure the murder of the Fairness Doctrine constitutes cardinal sin.

Does anyone know if the doctors filled his IV with cough syrup instead of oxy to pacify him in his last moments since that stupid motherfucker famously did oxy so hard that it took away his hearing?

Jokes aside, I do feel bad, though—for Viagra and the Dominican Republic sex trafficking rings he frequented. Their biggest customer just kicked the bucket today, they must be devastated.

Honestly, Rush might be happier down there, I'm pretty sure the stench of fire and brimstone is similar enough to that of a cigar. He'll get used to it, eventually.

 

[seri0us]

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[Positron]

Limbaugh was worse than Trump!!!!​

 

[Mr. Confederate Man]

I think I recall that if you go deaf from oxy and then you quit you get some hearing back. Also the later in life you go deaf the less you sound weird.

smoking
dude liked his cigars

He also had hearing implants, so he could somewhat hear. I remember him saying once that he couldn't hear music unless it was something he heard before going deaf. His brain would fill in the blanks on what it's supposed to sound like

 

[StudMccool]

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"Ill be as respectful about Rush as the MAGA hats were about RGB"

you stupid fuck if you stoop to the level of the people you nonstop bitch about you are literally lower than they are on the intellectual totem pole

If going back to monke means no twitter they might have a new convert on their hands

 

[Muh Vagina]

I bet this guy necked himself when he heard the news.

And lol at you spergs clutching your pearls at the grave dancing. Do I really need to link to the RBG thread? Stop being hypocrites.

 

[kalt]

I remember when he was going on rants over several days calling women who take birth control sluts and whores and wife number 3 told him to knock it off and he issued a written apology LOL.

 

[armoreddinnerjacket]

He understood his audience better than the Republicans understand their base, I'll give him that.

 

[The Last Stand]

He understood his audience better than the Republicans understand their base, I'll give him that.

And what in particular is that?

 

[REMEMBERMKULTRA]

I remember when he was going on rants over several days calling women who take birth control sluts and whores and wife number 3 told him to knock it off and he issued a written apology LOL.

It wasn't because they took birth control. It was because they wanted tax-payers to pay for their birth control.

 

[Mrs Paul]

Well, they certainly taken the fun out of gravedancing.

There will be somebody else. No harm, no foul.


The Jews or the NWO?

Probably all those cigars he kept insisting were perfectly healthy.

I'm pretty much indifferent. I didn't like the dude, so I'm not going to pretend I'm sorry he's dead. Yeah, most of it was an act for ratings and $$$$, but that didn't make it much better.


HOWEVER, I'm not going to cheer about it either -- I save that for more extreme cases. Some dumbass radio troll doesn't count. And he WAS a Steelers fan, so he couldn't have been all that bad. You gotta give him props for THAT.

Just don't be stupid and insist that smoking isn't dangerous. If you're gonna smoke and then insist it doesn't cause cancer, well -- don't expect me to feel sorry for you when you get sick. You know? Cuz that's just being a dumbass.

Well, give a shout out to the Chief for me, Rush.

 

[armoreddinnerjacket]

And what in particular is that?

..... That he knew his audience, and didn't talk down to them or fuck with them like the Republican establishment is fond of doing?