![]() "There will be pictures of the horse-drawn carriage with us following behind. "Rush was just shy of a president in my view," Kathryn continued. When the time came, it was a "stunning" ceremony. They had been planning the memorial service for a year and Kathryn said Rush would laugh at the coming event. Kathryn recalled how, when Rush was still alive, they would refer to his passing as "the event" to make light of the situation. "The sun was shining brightly at the Missouri funeral home, not like the icy snow a week before," she told guest host Todd Herman, according to Fox News. Kathryn painted a picture of the intimate ceremony during an appearance Tuesday on her late husband's talk show. 17 after a brief battle with lung cancer and was laid to rest on Feb. The Associated Press contributed to this report.Rush Limbaugh's widow, Kathryn Limbaugh, has revealed details about the conservative talk radio legend's private funeral. Limbaugh influenced the likes of Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly and countless other conservative commentators who pushed the boundaries of what passes as acceptable public discourse. ![]() Bush said Limbaugh “spoke his mind as a voice for millions of Americans.” Trump called into Fox News Channel to discuss his friend’s death Wednesday, saying they last spoke three or four days ago, lauding him as “a legend” with impeccable political instincts who “was fighting till the very end.”įormer President George W. Trump, for his part, heaped praise on Limbaugh, and during last year’s State of the Union speech, awarded the broadcaster the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, calling his friend “a special man beloved by millions.”īoth men ultimately found Florida more comfortable than New York: The former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate is 8 miles down the same Palm Beach boulevard as Limbaugh’s $50 million beachfront expanse. In a 2018 interview, he conceded Trump is rude but said that is because he is “fearless and willing to fight against the things that no Republican has been willing to fight against.” His idol, Ronald Reagan, wrote a letter of praise that Limbaugh proudly read on the air in 1992: “You’ve become the number one voice for conservatism.” In 1994, Limbaugh was so widely credited with the first Republican takeover of Congress in 40 years that the GOP made him an honorary member of the new class.ĭuring the 2016 presidential primaries, Limbaugh said he realized early on that Donald Trump would be the nominee, and he likened the candidate’s deep connection with his supporters to his own. ![]() Polls consistently found he was regarded as a voice of the party. Limbaugh often enunciated the Republican platform better and more entertainingly than any party leader, becoming a GOP kingmaker whose endorsement and friendship were sought. Limbaugh took as a badge of honor the title “most dangerous man in America.” He said he was the “truth detector,” the “doctor of democracy,” a “lover of mankind,” a “harmless, lovable little fuzz ball” and an “all-around good guy.” He claimed he had “talent on loan from God.” ![]() “In my heart and soul, I know I have become the intellectual engine of the conservative movement,” Limbaugh, with typical immodesty, told author Zev Chafets in the 2010 book “Rush Limbaugh: An Army of One.”įorbes magazine estimated his 2018 income at $84 million, ranking him only behind Howard Stern among radio personalities. ![]()
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