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Rush Limbaugh Announces Advanced Lung Cancer Diagnosis
RADIO ONLINE | Monday, February 3, 2020 |
Sad to report that Premiere Networks syndicated talk host Rush Limbaugh made an on-air announcement Monday that he'd been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. The legendary host will be off the air Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday while receiving treatment.
Limbaugh said, "This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory, for me, because I've known this moment was coming. I'm sure that you all know by now that I really don't like talking about myself and I don't like making things about me... one thing that I know, that has happened over the 31-plus years of this program is that there has been an incredible bond that had developed between all of you and me."
He continued, "So, I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn't have to tell you. It's a struggle for me, because I had to inform my staff earlier today. I can't help but feel that I'm letting everybody down with. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer."
Salem Radio Network VP/News & Talk Programming Tom Tradup commented, "Rush Limbaugh -- more than any other individual -- literally saved and revitalized the AM band and talk radio itself in the 1980's... and he remains the vortex of the whole shebang to this very day. SRN host Dr. Sebastian Gorka opened his "America First" program on SRN moments after Limbaugh's announcement, asking his listeners to "stop for a moment and say a prayer for the man to whom we owe so much."
He added, "We all have Rush in our prayers and believe his personal faith will carry him through this challenging time."
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