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(1951-2021)

Who Was Rush Limbaugh?

After breaking into a radio career in the 1970s, Rush Limbaugh was fired for being too controversial as a news commentator.

However, by 1984, he had become the top radio host in Sacramento, California. Limbaugh's greatest success came in August 1988, when The Rush Limbaugh Show (nationally syndicated from New York City by the ABC Radio Network) premiered.

Known for its heavy political focus and sometimes extreme conservative slant, The Rush Limbaugh Show has been on the air for more than three decades. Limbaugh also makes regular appearances as a political commentator on television, and has authored a number of magazine articles and books, including The Way Things Ought to Be (1992).

Early Life

Limbaugh was born Rush Hudson Limbaugh III on January 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, into a highly regarded local family.

His paternal grandfather, Rush Hudson Limbaugh, served as a U.S. ambassador to India under Presiden