PALM BEACH,Florida--Apr.1,2005 (AP)- Talk show host Rush Limbaugh, 57, died Thursday in a Palm Beach restaurant, apparently by suffocation when he choked on his food.
"He turned red, then white, then bluish--then he just went down," said Murray Klaxon, a diner sitting with his wife at the next table. "
"It was the bread," said Klaxon, "He took too much in his mouth."
Fellow diners rushed up to the famed conservative talk host and tried to perform a Heimlich Maneuver. "We were unsuccessful," said
Sam Golding, a retired physician from Madison, Wisconsin. "We couldn't lift him."
Emergency personnel from the Palmetto County Fire Department were called, but arrived too late to rescusitate Limbaugh.
Limbaugh was the most successful host in the history of radio, credited with inventing the modern talk genre. He'd had several reversals in recent years. In 2002, he was fired after making what were termed rascist remarks while providing color commentary on ABC's Monday Night Football. His addiction to pain medications was exposed publically in 2003 leading to an embarrassing criminal investigation and a messy third divorce.
His ratings never suffered after these events. His loyal listeners (called "dittoheads") never wavered in their support for the portly broadcaster.
"He will be missed," said EIB executive Fred Kreuger.
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WOW! FoxTV has actual footage of the bread he choked on...apparently, he did finally give up the host, and it's being saved for holy communion!
This was a scoop, Mr. B!
Posted by: Fremont | April 01, 2005 at 02:26 PM
If only this were true. America would be a better place without Lush Flimbaugh.
Posted by: Scott | April 01, 2005 at 08:45 PM
fat fuck, deserved to die
Posted by: josh | April 24, 2005 at 03:27 PM