DeathFebruary 172021

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (born 1951)

5th anniversary in 2026

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When
Wednesday, February 17 20215 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2020s
Anniversary
5th in 2026
Recorded from
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Person
Rush Limbaugh

Who they were

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III was an American conservative political commentator who was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show, which first aired in 1984 and was nationally syndicated on AM and FM radio stations from 1988 until his death in 2021.

Early life

Early life Limbaugh was born on January 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri , [ 1 ] to parents Rush Hudson Limbaugh II [ 1 ] and Mildred Carolyn ( née  Armstrong ) Limbaugh. He and his younger brother David were born into the prominent political Limbaugh family; his father was a lawyer and a United States fighter pilot who served in the China Burma India Theater of World War II . His mother was from Searcy, Arkansas .

Why this date

Rush Limbaugh appears on our February 17 calendar for 2021 as a death entry.

February 17 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1995Cenepa War
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  3. 1996Philadelphia
  4. 19961996 Biak earthquake
  5. 20062006 Southern Leyte mudslide
  6. 2008Kosovo
  7. 2011Bahrain
  8. 2011Arab Spring
  9. 20152015 Haiti Carnival stampede
  10. 2016February 2016 Ankara bombing
  11. 2021Rush Limbaugh

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February 17 2021 — 5 years ago, on a Wednesday.

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