Rush Limbaugh was a conservative radio presenter and Trump supporter.
Limbaugh defended Donald Trump's attempt to persuade Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate current President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
With the radio program The Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh became an important political voice for the Republican Party.
The radio program started 33 years ago was the largest radio program in the United States and had up to 27 million listeners every week.
Limbaugh's wife announced the news of her husband's death on Wednesday's radio broadcast.
Limbaugh passed away after a long battle with lung cancer.