American radio host Rush Limbaugh dead at 70

Provocative and polarizing U.S. talk radio luminary Rush Limbaugh, a leading voice on the American political right since the 1980s who boosted and was honoured by former U.S. president Donald Trump, has died, his family said Wednesday.

The veteran radio host died after after suffering from lung cancer, his wife Kathryn announced on a radio show. 

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