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Rush Limbaugh Donates $250K for Cancer Cure
Top talk radio host Rush Limbaugh has donated $250,000 to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society as part of his annual fundraising broadcast to cure the dreaded disease.
In the fifteen years since he began participating in the society's on-air curathon, the conservative talker has raised $15 million.
"What's amazing about this is we do it one day a year, and we don't even go all three hours wall-to-wall with it," he told his audience on Friday. "The amount of time that we spend on this in the course of the three hour [broadcast] may add up to 30 to 45 minutes." [Editor's Note: Get NewsMax's Special Report "Rush Is Back" -- that first detailed the media's effort to torpedo America's most listened to radio host -- read more -- Go Here Now.]
Limbaugh never mentioned the specific amount of his donation, saying only, "I made my contribution this year a couple of months ago, and so I'm on board . . . it's in six figures and it's on par with what I have donated each year for the past five or six."
Story Continues Below Instead, he touted the recent strides towards a cure made possible by his audience's donations, noting that the overall survival rate for Leukemia sufferers has risen dramatically in recent years. "The five-year survival rate has risen from 47 percent in 1974 to 60 percent today," he said. "And for kids the survival rate is now up to an amazing 96 percent." "That is a testament to all of you," Limbaugh told his audience. "And the fact that you are willing to stay tuned to the program this one day a year when we make this effort and combine it with our normal award-winning presentation on the program is very gratifying to me." [Editor's Note: Get NewsMax's Special Report "Rush Is Back" -- that first detailed the media's effort to torpedo America's most listened to radio host -- read more -- Go Here Now.]
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