Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right and foretold the rise of Donald Trump, died Wednesday. He was 70.
Here are photos from the life and career of the conservative talk-radio host:
In this Feb. 3, 2001, file photo, Rush Limbaugh puffs on his Ashton VSG cigar while waiting to tee off from the fifth tee of the Pebble Beach Golf Links during third round play of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif.
Photos: Rush Limbaugh through the years
President George Bush talks with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh at WABC studios in New York City, Sept. 1992. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Radio host Rush Limbaugh, right, is congratulated by Larry King at the Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7, 1993. The hour-long ceremony was hosted by King, a former inductee, and broadcast nationally by 95 radio stations. (AP Photo/Mike Fisher)
Rush Limbaugh smiles after teeing off on the fourth hole of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in Pebble Beach, Calif., Thursday Feb. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh smokes a cigar after teeing off on the tenth tee at Spyglass Hill golf course during the second round of the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Friday, Feb. 10, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
In this Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 picture, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington, prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony for Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Australian Prime Minister John Howard. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh attends a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009. Limbaugh, who suffered hearing loss as a result of auto-immune inner ear disease, wears a cochlear implant, a powerful hearing aid that is implanted in the inner ear of an individual with nerve deafness. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh talks with former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, FILE)
Conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is seen on the sideline before the start of an NFL football game between New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh, right, reacts to a question during a news conference as Joana Magno, MD, chief of the Dept. of Cardiovascular Diseases at The Queen's Medical Center looks on in Honolulu, Friday, Jan. 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
In this Jan. 1, 2010 file photo, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference at The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
In this May 14, 2012 file photo, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh poses with a bust in his likeness during a ceremony inducting him into the Hall of Famous Missourians in the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/Julie Smith, File)
This Nov. 5, 2018 file photo shows radio personality Rush Limbaugh introducing President Donald Trump at the start of a campaign rally in Cape Girardeau, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with radio personality Rush Limbaugh, left, as he takes the stage at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Radio personality Rush Limbaugh speaks before introducing President Donald Trump at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Rush Limbaugh reacts after first Lady Melania Trump presented him with the the Presidential Medal of Freedom as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Second lady Karen Pence is at left and Kathryn Limbaugh is partially hidden. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
First Lady Melania Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh as his wife Kathryn watches during the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
