{"id":240198,"date":"2021-02-17T12:13:49","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=240198"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:13:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T18:13:49","slug":"rush-limbaugh-longtime-pro-life-advocate-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/rush-limbaugh-longtime-pro-life-advocate-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, longtime pro-life advocate, has died at 70"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rush Limbaugh, the legendary conservative talk radio host and longtime pro-life advocate, has passed away after a year-long battle with lung cancer. He was 70 years old.<\/p>\n

Limbaugh announced that he had been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer<\/a> in February of 2020, and continued work on his radio show while undergoing treatment. Shortly after announcing his battle with cancer, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump. Within just months, however, Limbaugh told followers that his prognosis was not good, and that his diagnosis was terminal.<\/p>\n

In his final broadcast of 2020<\/a>, Limbaugh thanked his fans for their support as his condition worsened. “I wasn’t expected to be alive today,” he said. “I wasn’t expected to make it to October, and then to November, and then to December. And yet, here I am, and today, got some problems, but I’m feeling pretty good today.”<\/p>\n

Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, announced his death during his radio show on February 17th. “Losing a loved one is terribly difficult, even more so when that loved one is larger than life,” she said<\/a>. “Rush will forever be the greatest of all time.”<\/p>\n