Rush Limbaugh

However you feel about his politics, and many feel very strongly, it is hard to overstate Rush Limbaugh's impact on American media. He essentially built the modern conservative talk-radio format and proved that an opinionated solo host could command a massive national audience for hours every day, reshaping the entire AM dial in his wake. His delivery was combative, theatrical, and relentlessly confident, and that style spawned countless imitators across radio and cable. He was a deeply divisive figure whose final years included the Presidential Medal of Freedom and a public cancer fight. Love him or loathe him, he changed the conversation.

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Rush Limbaugh (January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative radio personality, author, and commentator. He hosted the nationally syndicated The Rush Limbaugh Show for more than three decades, becoming one of the most influential and polarizing voices in American talk radio. He authored best-selling books and a children's history series, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2020. He died in 2021 after a battle with lung cancer.

Name (English)

Rush Limbaugh

Name (Japanese)

ラッシュ・リンボー

Reading

らっしゅ・りんぼー

Born

January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021

Origin

Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States

Occupation

Radio personality / Author / Journalist / Children's author / Host

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

University

Southeast Missouri State University

Awards & achievements

• 1994 Doublespeak Award
• 2020 Presidential Medal of Freedom

• Official sitehttps://rushlimbaugh.com
• Xhttps://x.com/rushlimbaugh
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush%20Limbaugh
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319072

Tags

• From Missouri
• Radio personality
• Author
• Journalist

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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