![]() ![]() ![]() stations shaped the national political conversation, swaying ordinary Republicans and the direction of their party.īlessed with a made-for-broadcasting voice, he delivered his opinions with such certainty that his followers, or “Ditto-heads,” as he dubbed them, took his words as sacred truth. He called himself an entertainer, but his rants during his three-hour weekday radio show broadcast on nearly 600 U.S. Unflinchingly conservative, wildly partisan, bombastically self-promoting and larger than life, Limbaugh galvanized listeners for more than 30 years with his talent for sarcastic, insult-laced commentary. His death was announced on his show by his wife, Kathryn. Limbaugh said a year ago that he had lung cancer. Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a gleeful malice that made him one of the most powerful voices in politics, influencing the rightward push of American conservatism and the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. ![]()
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