Bentrovato 1,084 Posted February 17, 2021 Never heard this guy at his work. Was he as controversial on his radio show as the Reverend Richard Coles is every Saturday on BBC Radio 4? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glomfan 3 Posted February 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Leon Brittan said: Really back on track. Rip Rush You mean boo Rush. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Glomfan 3 Posted February 17, 2021 Just now, Joey Russ said: He was a despicable being. Glad there’s one less jerk in this country. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the_engineer 1,414 Posted February 17, 2021 27 minutes ago, drol said: Rush's family is longeve, he seems to be the exception. His grandpa lived to almost 105 and his uncle is still alive at 94. Bad luck. You can have great longevity genes it's useless if you're a heavy smoker and drinker. I know he smoked heavy unsure what he alcohol consumption was though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,023 Posted February 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Glomfan said: He was a despicable being. Glad there’s one less jerk in this country. I was getting concern about your absence, I was hoping you had left Edit : you’re now my personal scapegoat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Katyusha 120 Posted February 17, 2021 The only more fitting cause of death for this cigar aficionado would have been HIV/AIDS, considering the way he talked about its "homo" victims in the 80s. The only limits to this man's vitriol were what he could get away with at any given era of his career. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dying Probably 578 Posted February 17, 2021 Wow. That's quite a big one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Exu 250 Posted February 17, 2021 Good fucking riddance. The world is better off without his type. Depressingly someone will fill his shoes 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,468 Posted February 17, 2021 14 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: Interesting that he died of lung cancer. He started smoking as a teen, quit by the early 80s (so by the time he was in his early 30s) after a nasty case of bronchitis. Continued to smoke cigars, but assuming he didn’t inhale, that wouldn’t have caused the lung cancer. Likely the early habit of cigarette smoking did. That’s the kind of thing which makes me shit myself because although I quit a couple of years back, I was solidly on a pack-a-day for ~12 years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,335 Posted February 17, 2021 20 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Interesting that he died of lung cancer. He started smoking as a teen, quit by the early 80s (so by the time he was in his early 30s) after a nasty case of bronchitis. Continued to smoke cigars, but assuming he didn’t inhale, that wouldn’t have caused the lung cancer. Likely the early habit of cigarette smoking did. That’s the kind of thing which makes me shit myself because although I quit a couple of years back, I was solidly on a pack-a-day for ~12 years. Oh I assumed clearly wrongly that the 95 in your name meant you were born in 1995. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,468 Posted February 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Oh I assumed clearly wrongly that the 95 in your name meant you were born in 1995. Nope, a few years older than that. Now that I think about it I have no idea why I chose “95”. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,283 Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Bentrovato said: Never heard this guy at his work. Was he as controversial on his radio show as the Reverend Richard Coles is every Saturday on BBC Radio 4? A cross between 1980`s Howard Stern and Infowars is how I would describe his show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,489 Posted February 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Now that I think about it I have no idea why I chose “95”. Assumed it was a tribute to the year we lost Elizabeth Montgomery, Jonas Polk and Eazy-E. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,579 Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Murto Sean said: 1 hour ago, Dying Probably said: Wow. That's quite a big one. Serendipity. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,335 Posted February 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Nope, a few years older than that. Now that I think about it I have no idea why I chose “95”. A favourite year music wise or a favourite year for personal reasons maybe? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathClock 379 Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Exu said: Good fucking riddance. The world is better off without his type. Depressingly someone will fill his shoes Was Rush a serial killer? My gush Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,468 Posted February 17, 2021 15 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: A favourite year music wise or a favourite year for personal reasons maybe? Nah. I think it was purely random. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruyff's Turn 11 Posted February 17, 2021 Rush in Limbo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheNinthY@rd 1 Posted February 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Sean said: Am I the only one on here who didn`t really intensely dislike him.I thought he was a bit of an arse but didn`t see him as the devil incarnate.Perhaps it is an American thing.Maybe because I lean to the right.Not that I agree with that much of what he said but he just seemed an attention seeking populist like many in the political sphere. You watch him rot the mind of your grandparents and see how you feel about the guy. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beachy Head 33 Posted February 18, 2021 Anybody that hosts a show celebrating people dying from AIDS deserves no sympathy. Good riddance. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth in Asia 1,082 Posted February 18, 2021 Another huge miss .... for me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrWonderful 478 Posted February 18, 2021 As Rush started his career as a Top 40 radio DJ, it's only fitting that he goes out as my #1 hit for 2020. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites