Rush Limbaugh | 1951 – 2021
Rush Limbaugh had huge influence in the political sphere, setting the stage for the rise of conservative talk radio.

Rush Limbaugh reacts after being given the Medal of Freedom by then-First Lady Melania Trump at the Capitol on Feb. 4, 2020. (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)
Melania Trump puts the Medal of Freedom around Limbaugh’s neck. (Mario Tama / Getty Images)

Rush Limbaugh sits in his studio during the Republican National Convention in Houston in 1992. (Shepard Sherbell / Getty Images)

President Trump on stage with Rush Limbaugh at a rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo., Limbaugh’s hometown, in November 2018. (Jim Watson / AFP/Getty Images)
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Rush Limbaugh speaks at “An Evening With Rush Limbaugh” on May 3, 2007, in Novi, Mich. (Bill Pugliano / Getty Images)

Rush Limbaugh introduces President Trump at a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 2018. (Jeff Roberson / Associated Press)

Rush Limbaugh speaks during his induction into the Hall of Famous Missourians at the state Capitol in Jefferson City in May 2012. (Associated Press)