Rush Limbaugh thanked his listeners for their support when talking about his fight against terminal cancer during his last radio program of the year.
“I was not expected to be alive today,” said the conservative radio icon. – I didn’t expect that I would be able to arrive until October, November and December. Even so, here I am, and today, I had some problems, but I’m feeling great today. ‘
‘My point in all of this today is gratitude,’ said Limbaugh of the support he felt. ‘My goal in all of this is to thank and tell everyone involved how much I love you from the bottom of a considerable, growing and still beating heart.’
Limbaugh also thanked his wife Kathryn Adams for his support during his battle. The radio host has been married to Kathryn, his fourth wife, since 2010.
“So many people put me first,” Limbaugh added, referring to Lou Gehrig, who called himself “the luckiest man” while fighting ALS.
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Rush Limbaugh thanked listeners for their support during his last radio show in 2020
Limbaugh announced his diagnosis of cancer in February, after learning about it in January.
Limbaugh was diagnosed with advanced stage IV lung cancer and shared in October that the treatments were no longer working, which meant he would die.
But despite his health concerns, he continued to present his radio program, which has been in national circulation since 1988. He missed several programs in October for treatment.
At his final 2020 show, he added, ‘I can’t be self-centered about this, when that’s the trend when they say you have a delivery date.
‘You have an expiration date. Many people never hear that, so they don’t look at life that way. ‘
Limbaugh has been fighting stage IV lung cancer since January and announced it in February. He is portrayed in the State of the Union speech in February, where he was recognized by President Trump
Conservative radio icon announced in October that cancer is terminal
Limbaugh, 69, did not say how long he still waited.
In May, he said he was in the third stage of treatment for lung cancer and that he was “kicking the **.” At the time, he said he was so depleted that he couldn’t walk five steps without having to ‘stop and sit’.
And in October he said he can no longer deny that he is under a ‘death sentence’ and that his cancer has shown signs of progression.
Limbaugh has been one of President Trump’s most fervent supporters.
The day after revealing that he had cancer, Trump invited him as a guest to his State of the Union – where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In October, Limbaugh organized a virtual rally with Trump while the president recovered from the coronavirus.
Limbaugh thanked his wife Kathryn Adams for being by his side during his health struggles
Limbaugh, 69, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February
But earlier this month, he said that Trump supporters seeking to reverse the election result seem ‘crazy’ as he urged the president, with time running out, to embark on a highly organized and efficient campaign to show evidence of their allegations of electoral fraud.
“As a conservative, it’s getting harder and harder not to look like a nut,” he told listeners.
Days later, he predicted that some states could soon separate from the rest of the United States and declare independence, triggering the same set of circumstances that led to the American Civil War.
He said: ‘I really think – and I have referred to it, I have alluded to it a few times because I have seen others allude to it – I really think we are tending to secession.
‘I see more and more people asking what the hell do we have in common with people living in, say, New York? What makes us believe that we are enough to have a chance to win in New York? Especially if you’re talking about votes. ‘
Limbaugh has received several awards in his decades-long career.
He is the five-time winner of the National Association of Broadcasters’ Marconi Award for ‘Excellence in Syndicated and Networked Broadcasting’, is also the New York Times bestselling author and a member of the Radio and National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. of Fame.