How old is rush limbaughs wife

Rush Limbaugh , the ever controversial but undeniably entertaining radio talk show host, has died. Kathryn Adams Limbaugh, his wife of over 10 years, made the announcement live on-air during Limbaugh's radio show via Fox News.

Kathryn had recently celebrated her 44th birthday, which made her 26 years younger than her famous husband — and only 12 years older than his talk show via The Sun. She wasn't Rush's first wife. He'd been married three times before , with each of his previous marriages ending in divorce. While you'd think the age gap might have given Kathryn some doubts about becoming wife number four, she evidently preferred older men. As she once told the Palm Beach Post via the New York Daily News , "I grew up so differently, traveling around the world, that I'm sometimes not able to relate to the average person my age.

Rush and Kathryn tied the knot in June of after dating since via Heavy. Kathryn shared details of how John came to play at their wedding — a familiar story to longtime listeners — and how she met Rush: Kathryn said she originally considered him a C-list celebrity and had little interest in the often vile-sounding talk-radio star who had a string of controversies and legions of critics. Elsewhere on Monday's show, Kathryn announced there will be a virtual memorial in the coming weeks for Rush, who died of complications from lung cancer.

He never stopped working, from the moment that he got home after the show he may give himself maybe 15 minutes or an hour of rest time, and he was back at it," Kathryn said.

She was the one who announced Rush's death last week, telling listeners on his show that her "wonderful husband" was "larger than life.

Returning this week, Kathryn shared that prior to meeting him in the early s, she was not a Rush fan. At the time, she was running a foundation South African golfer Gary Player and organizing a celebrity golf tournament; Rush was brought up as a possible A-lister.

By then, Rush was one of the most popular and most divisive right-wing personalities in the country — both adored and widely loathed.

A pioneering say-anything radio host, he made numerous inflammatory comments over the years: mocking former President Barack Obama as "Barack the Magic Negro"; relishing the deaths of AIDS victims; and savaging women's activism, including calling a college student advocating for contraception a "slut. Over the years, he also apologized for some of these remarks but steadfastly stood by others, and his audience remained loyal to his point of view on the issues of the day.

Rewind back to that celebrity golf tournament and Kathryn decided to invite Rush. Rush and I became friends, for many years, before we actually got married. Everything you love about wsbradio. Tap on any of the buttons below to download our app.

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