![]() He was married to third wife Marta (pictured together, right) between 19 Limbugh married Michelle Sixta (left) in 1983, but they divorced in 1990. He thought he would be welcomed by Peter Jennings, Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather. While his know-it-all commentary quickly gained traction, he was dismayed by his reception in the big city. It wasn't until 1988 that Limbaugh began broadcasting nationally, in New York. Reagan wrote: 'You've become the number one voice for conservatism.' In 1992, Reagan even wrote him a letter which Limbaugh proudly read on air. Limbaugh idolized Reagan and used much of his agenda to inform his listeners. ![]() His rising star coincided with a series of political events in the 80s that bolstered his following among conservatives. Among them was the Reagan presidency. He bounced around local stations, growing his profile at each one, before becoming Sacramento's top radio host in the early 1980s. His first job was in 1971, as a DJ for WIXZ in Pennsylvania. He married four times but had no children. The younger Limbaugh got his first taste of radio at aged 16, at the local station, KGMO, which was co-owned by his father.Īfter graduating high school, he spent one year at Missouri State University before dropping out to focus all of his efforts into journalism. 'One of the early reasons radio interested me was that I thought it would make me popular,' he once wrote. By high school, he had snagged a radio job. Louis Cardinals baseball games, offering play-by-play, and gave running commentary during the evening news. He would turn down the television during St. Rusty, as the younger Limbaugh was known, was shy, with little interest in school but a passion for broadcasting. His mother Mildred, known to her friends as Millie, was on the committee of the local Women's Republican Club and the Cape Girardeau Area '99 Women's Pilot organization. His father, Rush Limbaugh Sr., was a respected jurist and ambassador who had an exceptional legal career after serving in the Air Force during the Second World War. It brought an end to a 50-year career in political radio where he became beloved by the right and scorned by the left for his brash approach and bold insults.īorn Rush Hudson Limbaugh III in 1951, he grew up in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His fourth wife Kathryn announced the news of his death on his radio show to his loyal fans. Limbaugh died at home in Palm Beach at the age of 70 on Wednesday morning. Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio host who called himself the 'doctor of democracy', died on Wednesday morning after a 12-month battle with lung cancer and an extraordinary career that won him the affections of US presidents and millions of Americans. ![]() Rush Limbaugh in his senior year book from Central High School in Cape Girardeau, 1969
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