Rush Limbaugh thanked his listeners for their support when he opened up about his fight against terminal cancer during his last radio show of the year.
“He wasn’t expected to be alive today,” the Conservative radio icon said. “I wasn’t expected to arrive in October, then in November and then in December. And yet, here I am and today I have some problems, but today I feel pretty good.
“My point in all of this today is gratitude,” Limbaugh said of the outpouring of support he felt. “My point in all of this is to thank and tell everyone involved how much I love you from the bottom of a sizable, growing heart that still beats.”
Limbaugh also thanked his wife Kathryn Adams for her support during his battle. The radio host has been married to Kathryn, his fourth wife, since 2010.
“A lot of people put me first,” Limbaugh added, referring to Lou Gehrig, who famously proclaimed 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 cancer diagnosis in February after meeting him in January.
Limbaugh was diagnosed with advanced stage IV lung cancer and in October shared that the treatments no longer worked, meaning he would die.
But despite his health concerns, he has continued to organize his radio program that has been in national syndication since 1988. He missed several programs in October to receive treatment.
In his latest 2020 program, he added, “I can’t let myself be absorbed into that, when that’s the trend when you’re told you have an expiration date.”
You have an expiration date. Many people are never told, so they don’t face life that way. “
Limbaugh has been battling stage IV lung cancer since January and announced it in February. He is portrayed in the State of the Union address in February, where he was recognized by President Trump
The conservative radio icon announced in October that cancer is terminal
Limbaugh, 69, has not revealed how long he expects to stay.
In May, he said he was in the third phase of treatment for lung cancer and was “kicking it.” At the time he said he was so exhausted with energy 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 sentenced to death and that his cancer has shown signs of progression.
Limbaugh has been one of President Trump’s most ardent supporters.
The day after revealing that he had cancer, Trump invited him to invite his State of the Union, where he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
In October, Limbaugh staged a virtual rally with Trump while the president was recovering from the coronavirus.
Limbaugh thanked his wife Kathryn Adams for being by his side during his health struggles
Limbaugh, 69, received the presidential medal for freedom in February
But earlier this month, he said Trump supporters who wanted to annul the election result seemed “crazy,” as he urged the president, by the time it was over, to launch a campaign. highly organized and efficient to show evidence of their allegations of electoral fraud.
“As a conservative, it’s getting harder and harder not to look like a cat,” he told his listeners.
Days later, he predicted that some states could soon distance themselves from the rest of the U.S. and declare independence, provoking the same set of circumstances that led to the American Civil War.
He said: “In fact, I think, and I’ve referred to that, I’ve alluded to it a couple of times because I’ve seen others allude to it, I actually think we tend to secede.
“I see more and more people wondering what we have in common in the world with people living in New York, for example? What makes us believe that we are enough to even have a chance to win? New York? Especially if you talk about votes.
Limbaugh has received numerous awards in his decade-long career.
He has won the Marconi Award of the National Broadcasters Association five times for “Excellence in Trade Union and Network Broadcasting,” and is also the best-selling author in the New York Times and a member of the Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association. of Diffusers of Fame.