Former Vice President Mike Pence talks about Rush Limbaugh's friendship and how he influenced Pence's decision to go into talk radio. My good friend Rush Limbaugh died today, slipping gently away on a warm, overcast February Florida morning. He was 70. To be clear, I met the legendary and revolutionary conservative talk show host in person just one time. But like millions of his listeners, we’ve spent the last 33 years together, hours upon hours, Monday through Friday, through good and bad times. Wednesday’s death of the Hall of Fame broadcasting icon marks the end of a remarkable chapter in conservative talk radio. There were others before him and there will be many to follow – but there was only one Rush Limbaugh.