All right, glad you were with us. Welcome aboard 80941. Sean, if you want to be a part of this extravaganza, you know,

there's a song by Tim McGraw and it's called Live Like You're Dying. Such a great song. And it's like, we have all these great plans in life. And then something just hits you.

So hard. It just it makes us all pause. And honestly, I had an entirely different showbook for the whole day. And I was listening to the end of Russia show and he made this announcement.

And it's that moment. It just hits you on a dime.

I don't think talk radio would ever be anything like it is or I'd be here.

If it wasn't for all that Russia's done. Now I want to be very clear.

Russian announced at the end of his program today that he has stage four lung cancer. It's being treated. Just said, I just need to be honest with your audience.

So incredibly stoic and courageous because

just you know, like everything else he's ever done in his career, inspiring and he's always forged a path.

He said, good news that he didn't have any symptoms, which is good. Just something that he noticed and they picked up on it. I know every single one of us now taking and absorbing this.

We've all lived through this. Probably everyone listening. And if you haven't, thank God you haven't. I hope you never have it.

When you get a call at three o'clock, three thirty in the morning and the phone rings and you know, it's never going to be good. Unless it's a

bet, you know, unless it's a call that you know, wasn't for you. It's never going to be good.

I find sickness and all of it associated with it. My three sisters were nervous. Is brother and a doctor.

I know more. I have two of my best best three of my best best friends in the world are doctors. Two brain surgeons literally.

And you know, my own personal doctor, I can call him at four o'clock in the morning. You know, come over my house.

And doctors are amazing people and but it is, it just hit me like a dime, like a ton of bricks, like a mat truck. I don't, whatever cliche you want to use. That's it.

Um, I just, as he said, let me, let me just let rush say it in his own words. The one thing that I, I know about rush. His brother, David, has been my agent from my entire career.

Now going back 30 years. Uh, I know his family. I know him. Uh, his niece is one of the best workers we have on our team.

I love this family. They are incredibly brave people individually. And but let me just let rush say it in his words, just announcing it moments ago.

I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.

Diagnosis confirmed by two medical institutions back on January 20th. Uh, first realized something was wrong on my birthday weekend, January 12th.

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