Rush Limbaugh
American political commentator (1951–2021)
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- Rush Hudson Limbaugh III ( LIM -baw ; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show , which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021.
- He was among the most highly paid figures in American radio history; in 2018 Forbes listed his earnings at $84.
- 5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States.
- Limbaugh garnered controversy from his statements on race, LGBT matters, feminism, sexual consent, and climate change.
- During the 2020 State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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WikipediaRush Hudson Limbaugh III ( LIM-baw; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021.
Limbaugh became one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States during the 1990s and hosted a national television show from 1992 to 1996. He was among the most highly paid figures in American radio history; in 2018 Forbes listed his earnings at $84.5 million. In December 2019, Talkers Magazine estimated that Limbaugh's show attracted a cumulative weekly audience of 15.5 million listeners to become the most-listened-to radio show in the United States. Limbaugh also wrote seven books; his first two, The Way Things Ought to Be (1992) and See, I Told You So (1993), made The New York Times Best Seller list.
Limbaugh garnered controversy from his statements on race, LGBT matters, feminism, sexual consent, and climate change. In 1993, he was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame and in 1998 the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. During the 2020 State of the Union Address, President Donald Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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