Sadly, I was waiting for this since he announced his cancer diagnosis. Rush told us it was bad, he would fight as long as he could, but you could tell in his voice (not in a morose, depressing way, just in a realization and acceptance way) that he knew time was short.
Rush didn't turn me conservative, he showed me I already was. His TV show was on after the noon news, and I figured the crazy old fart would be good for a few laughs at the time. But as I listened, I found myself agreeing with him, not getting my mind changed. There was only one, there will be no other, but the time to return that talent on loan from God came.