Rush Limbaugh, ‘voice of American conservatism,’ has died

In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2010, Radio talk show host and conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference for judges at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino (Photo by Ethan Miller / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

WASHINGTON (AP): Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a gleeful malice that made him one of the most powerful voices in politics, influencing the rightward push of American conservatism and the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. He was 70.

Limbaugh said a year ago that he had lung cancer. His death was announced on his show by his wife, Kathryn.