Thursday 28th March 2024

rush-limbaugh

State Representative Hardy Billington is looking to memorialize the late Rush Limbaugh by designating January 12 of each year as “Rush Limbaugh” Day in Missouri.

Representative Billington filed HB 1200 on Friday, February 19, following the death of the conservative icon and radio talk show host. The 70-year-old Limbaugh, a native of Cape Girardeau, died Wednesday, February 17, after a battle with lung cancer.

Limbaugh’s show aired on more than 600 stations with up to 27-million people listening weekly. Limbaugh is a member of the Radio Hall of Fame and the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. He was a five-time winner of the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award for “Excellence in Syndicated and Network Broadcasting”. He was also inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians in 2012.

Limbaugh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Donald Trump in 2020. He was also a dedicated philanthropist who raised a record $1.7 million-plus for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America in his annual Cure-a-Thon, in addition to his personal donation of a quarter of a million dollars.

Billington’s legislation has already garnered the support of numerous co-sponsors, which he hopes will give ample support to push the bill through in order to memorialize Limbaugh and pay tribute to his many contributions to conservative efforts, the broadcast industry, and the State of Missouri.