Radio talk show host and conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Rush Limbaugh included an “AIDS Updates” segment on his radio show in the 1990s, just one of the many ways he trafficked in cruelty against LGBT+ people.
On Wednesday (17 February), Rush Limbaugh’s wife Kathryn announced that the 70-year-old had passed away from complications of lung cancer.
As news of his death shuddered online, many reflected on what the man behind the microphone meant to them.
To former US president Donald Trump, he was a “legend” with “tremendous insight”. But to LGBT+ people, the host of
The Rush Limbaugh Show was a man who, to the sounds of horns, bells and disco tunes, mocked the deaths of AIDS victims.
Hateful Homophobe Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70
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