Limbaugh-whose wife Kathryn confirmed on Wednesday that he died at 70 after a yearlong and very public battle against lung cancer-struggled through personal adversity, including obesity, four rocky marriages, and an addiction to opioid painkillers that earned him humiliating publicity and a criminal charge (later dropped after the completion of court-ordered therapy) of felony prescription fraud. He began his career as a play-by-play broadcaster for LA Pierce College from 2011-2017.Rush Limbaugh was a college dropout when he began his combustible radio career, repeatedly losing gigs as a deejay and news-talk host he spent much of 1974 jobless and living in his parents’ basement in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.Īlmost five decades later, Limbaugh kept a fleet of black luxury sedans in his garage, including a $450,000 Maybach 57S, traveled on his private Gulfstream 550 jet, and owned a fabulous oceanfront Palm Beach estate befitting America’s biggest and most politically influential AM radio star-and surely among the richest-who ever mastered the medium. Louis Rams' move to Los Angeles with the Ventura County Star. His coverage includes working the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in South Bend, Indiana, and writing about the St. I think we all need to speak the truth and not worry about hurting people's feelings."Įthan Hanson started working for the Redding Record Searchlight after four years with the Los Angeles Daily News as a freelancer. "When you see crooked activity, sometimes you have to call it the way you see it and Rush did that. "I think today a lot of us are concerned about every word that we say and we don't want to offend this group or that group and Limbaugh wasn't inhibited by that," Jones said. Jones felt it was Limbaugh's aggressive personality and blunt attitude that made the radio host a favorite among conservatives. More: What's behind Redding's soon-to-be-unveiled color-splashed murals? "We were looking for another source and Limbaugh was the person we'd listen to." "Clearly most conservatives aren't listening to mainstream media and we don't believe it is real," Jones said. Jones said Limbaugh was the source conservatives listened to "as an alternative to mainstream media." He appealed to conservatives and they listened." "He was consistent and it was the content of what he was saying. "Not many people have dedicated as much research as he's done and the mainstream media isn't very conservative these days," Jones said. Watch Video: End of an era at Shasta Livestock Auction Yard Shasta County Supervisor Patrick Jones was one of the millions who listened to Limbaugh. "He wasn't afraid to take on any subject and people who opposed his views would listen because the way he worded things was intelligent and elegant at times." "His appeal was the fact that he didn't back down," Bott said. Besides taking on politics and pop culture, Limbaugh was also a commentator on the ESPN show NFL Countdown in 2003. KCNR owner Carl Bott explained that Limbaugh's popularity was attributed to his ability to speak on any topic in an energetic passion. Limbaugh averaged 15.5 million weekly listeners, according to, which keeps metrics of national and regional radio audiences. He was the most listened to radio host in America up until his death. More: The Buzz: Downtown Redding, 'what we have going down here is special' He was elected into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 1993. Limbaugh was a five-time Marconi Award winner, given to the top on-air personalities in the U.S. 20, 2020, he announced that his lung cancer was terminal. While maintaining his show in 2020, Limbaugh's health worsened, and on Oct. "Rush was an iconic figure, who - regardless of how you feel considering his political bent - shaped talk radio as we know it today," said KQMS news director Steve Gibson. He had many detractors, but in conservative Shasta County, Limbaugh had plenty of fans and created a generation of listeners in the North State. A year ago, Trump awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Former President Donald Trump called him a friend. Limbaugh was a controversial and polarizing figure who influenced conservative talk and politics.
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