His wife announced his death on his radio show. "I know that I am most certainly not the Limbaugh that you tuned in to listen to today," Kathryn Limbaugh said. "I, like you, very much wish Rush was behind this golden microphone right now, welcoming you to another exceptional three hours of broadcasting. ... It is with profound sadness I must share with you directly that our beloved Rush, my wonderful husband, passed away this morning due to complications from lung cancer." Former President Donald Trump told Fox News on Wednesday he had spoken with Limbaugh three or four days earlier. "He was fighting to the very end," Trump said in his first public comments since he left office last month. "He is a legend. He really is."