Rush Limbaugh
He swayed the right and outraged the left in more than four divisive decades on the air.
Rush Limbaugh, the conservative commentator whose rhetorical persuasiveness and political pugnacity brought him a massive radio following, made him a multimillionaire and won him a Presidential Medal of Freedom, has died. He was 70.
Limbaugh's wife, Kathryn, announced his death Wednesday on his long-running syndicated radio show, saying he died hours earlier of complications from lung cancer.
"I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh you tuned in to listen to today. I, like you, very much wish that Rush was with us behind the microphone right now welcoming you to another exceptional three hours of broadcasting," she said on the air. "For over 32 years, Rush has cherished you, his loyal audience, and always looked forward to every single show."