Firebrand American radio host Rush Limbaugh has ‘advanced lung cancer’
- The conservative host said he first noticed something wrong around his birthday in mid-January
- His show has more than 20 million listeners and is broadcast on more than 650 affiliates
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh announced on Monday that he has been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer” but plans to continue to do his show “as normally and as competently” as he can while he undergoes treatment.
Limbaugh, 69, said on the air he first realised something was wrong over the weekend of his January 12 birthday, after he began experiencing shortness of breath. He said his diagnosis was confirmed on January 20 by two medical institutions.
Otherwise, Limbaugh told his listeners, he was for the moment “experiencing zero symptoms”.
A mainstay of US talk radio and the culture wars for more than 30 years, Limbaugh said he would be absent from the broadcast for “the next couple of days as we figure out the treatment course of action and have further testing done.”
“But as I said, I’m going to be here as often as I can,” he added. He said he hoped to return to the airwaves on Thursday.
