Person in history
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author (born 1951)
Life at a glance
- Died
- 2021 · February 17
Their story
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.
Sources
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Questions about Rush Limbaugh
When did Rush Limbaugh die?
February 17 2021.
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