On Wednesday, February 17, 2021, Rush Limbaugh passed away at the age of 70. The talk show host had been publicly battling stage-4 lung cancer. Rush's wife Kathryn made the announcement at the start of his show. You can listen to the announcement and the first 12-minutes of the program here, as heard on WILK News Radio.
Listen: Rush Limbaugh's wife Kathryn makes the sad announcement
Listen: Rush's wife Kathryn Limbaugh made the announcement. Listen to it here.
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By NewsRadio WILK
Feb 17, 2021, 01:17 PM ET
