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Rush Limbaugh was an American conservative radio host, political commentator, author, media personality, and former television show host.

Rush Limbaugh’s Net Worth & Salary

Rush Limbaugh was a conservative radio host, political commentator, author, media personality, and former television show host who died with a net worth of $600 million. From 1988 until his death, he was best known as the host of his long-running radio show, The Rush Limbaugh Show, which was nationally syndicated on FM and AM radio stations. Rush died of advanced lung cancer on February 17, 2021, at the age of 70.

At his peak, he earned approximately $85 million per year in salary, bonuses, profit participation, and personal appearance fees.

Limbaugh signed a four-year contract extension on August 2, 2016. Rush earned $85 million from his radio empire between June 2018 and June 2019, making him the world’s second-highest-paid radio host (behind Howard Stern). Limbaugh’s contract was renewed again on January 5, 2020.

Rush Limbaugh’s Birth, Parents, Siblings & Education

Rush Limbaugh was born on January 12, 1951, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to Rush Hudson Limbaugh Jr. and Mildred Carolyn (Armstrong) Limbaugh. His father was an attorney and World War II fighter pilot from the United States.

Limbaugh went to Cape Girardeau Central High School and played football there. He got his first radio job at the age of 16 at KGMO-AM, a local Cape Girardeau radio station. He went by the alias Rusty Sharpe.

In 1969, he graduated from high school and enrolled in Southeast Missouri State University. He dropped out after two semesters of flunking everything because he was only interested in radio.

After dropping out of college in early 1971, Rush Limbaugh, then 20, landed a job as a DJ at the Top 40 station WIXZ-AM in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. For a time, he broadcasted as “Bachelor Jeff” Christie in the afternoons before being moved to the morning drive slot.

After eighteen months at WIXZ, Limbaugh was fired due to a “personality conflict” with the program director in 1973. He then began working nights at Pittsburgh’s KQV-AM. Limbaugh was fired in late 1974 after new management put pressure on the program director to fire him.

Limbaugh began hosting an afternoon show at Top 40 station KUDL in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1975. He quickly rose to the position of host of a public service talk show that aired on weekend mornings, allowing him to hone his style and present more controversial ideas.

He was fired from the station in 1977, but stayed in Kansas City to start an evening show at KFIX. However, his tenure was brief, and disagreements with management led to his dismissal a few weeks later. By this point, Limbaugh had grown disillusioned with radio and felt compelled to pursue a different path.

In 1979, he accepted a part-time position as director of group sales and special events for the Kansas City Royals baseball team, which grew into a full-time position as director of group sales and special events, based at Royals Stadium.

Limbaugh returned to radio in November 1983, with a one-year stint at Kansas City’s KMBZ-AM. He decided to ditch his on-air alias and go by his real name. He was fired from the station, but a few weeks later he landed a job on Sacramento, California’s KFBK-AM. On October 14, 1984, the show premiered.

After his success in Sacramento piqued the interest of former ABC Radio President Edward McLaughlin, Limbaugh launched a new show at WABC-AM in New York City in July 1988. He made his debut just a few weeks after the Democratic National Convention and a few weeks before the Republican National Convention.

Limbaugh’s radio home in New York City was the talk-formatted WABC (AM), which remained his flagship station for many years, even after Limbaugh relocated to West Palm Beach, where he still broadcasts his show.

The Rush Limbaugh Show

Each weekday at noon Eastern time, Limbaugh’s radio show airs for three hours. Limbaugh’s show became nationally syndicated for the first time in August 1988. Limbaugh’s popularity paved the way for other conservative talk radio programming to gain traction.

WBAL in Baltimore was the first major market radio station in the country to discontinue Limbaugh’s nationally syndicated radio program in March 2006.

On February 2, 2020, Rush Limbaugh announced on-air to his 20-million-strong audience that he had been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.” He ended his broadcast with this announcement. Limbaugh informed his listeners that the disease will keep him off the air on days when he receives treatment. He said two medical institutions confirmed the diagnosis after he first noticed something was wrong on January 12, 2020, when he felt short of breath.

Rush Limbaugh’s Relationship Status

Limbaugh has been married four times, divorced three times, and is the father of no children. When he was 26, he married Roxy McNeely, a secretary at radio station WHB in Kansas City, Missouri. In March 1980, McNeely filed for divorce, citing incompatibility.

He married Michelle Sixta, a college student, in 1983. In 1990, they divorced. He married Marta Fitzgerald, a 35-year-old aerobics instructor, in 1994. In 2004, they divorced. He married Kathryn Rogers in June 2010.

Limbaugh admitted to being addicted to pain relievers in 2003 and sought treatment. Limbaugh surrendered to authorities in April 2006, on a warrant issued by the Palm Beach County state attorney’s office, and was arrested “on a single charge of prescription fraud.” His record was eventually expunged.

Rush’s primary residence in his later years was a $26 million oceanfront home in West Palm Beach. The home has seven bedrooms, twelve bathrooms, and an elevator. He also had a penthouse condo on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue.

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Quick Facts of Rush Limbaugh

• Rush Limbaugh was an American conservative radio host, political commentator, author, media personality, and former television show host who had a net worth of $600 million at the time of his death.
• He was best known as the host of his longtime radio show The Rush Limbaugh Show, which was nationally syndicated on FM and AM radio stations from 1988 until his death.
• Rush died on February 17, 2021, at the age of 70 from advanced lung cancer.
• At his peak, he earned around $85 million per year from a combination of salary, bonuses, profit participation and personal appearance fees.
• On February 2, 2020, he reported on-air to his 20-million member audience that he’s been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.”