Rush Limbaugh, Cape native and broadcasting pioneer, dies

Thursday, February 18, 2021 ~ Updated 4:51 PM

Rush Hudson "Rusty" Limbaugh III, 70, a 1969 Cape Girardeau Central graduate and 32-year host of his own internationally known and eponymously named radio program, has died because of complications from lung cancer, his widow, Kathryn Limbaugh, revealed on the fabled broadcaster's show Wednesday.

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