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appalachiablue

(41,102 posts)
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 06:19 PM Aug 2021

FL Con Radio Host Dick Farrel 'The Other Rush Limbaugh' Died of Covid Railed Against Fauci, Vaccines



MSN/Business Insider, Aug. 7, 2021.

Longtime radio host Dick Farrel died from COVID-19 after railing against vaccines on Facebook. "Why take a vax promoted by people who lied 2u all along about masks," one of his posts read.

After contracting the virus, friends said Farrel texted them and urged them to get the vaccine. Dick Farrel frequently advocated against the vaccine on his personal Facebook page. "Vaccine Bogus Bull Shid!, Two peeps I know, got vaxed, now have Corona, hospitalized critical," he wrote on July 1. "Thank you Moderna, FOR NOTHING!"

His friend, Mike McCabe, said on Facebook that Farrel, 65, had been battling COVID-19 for three weeks before his death this week. Farrel also railed against Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading coronavirus expert, calling him a "power tripping lying freak." The longtime radio host was an ardent support of former President Donald Trump, Facebook posts show.

After contracting the virus, friends said Farrel texted them and urged them to get the vaccine, according to WPTV, an NBC News affiliate. "He is the reason I took the shot," said Amy Leigh Hair, Farrel's close friend. "He texted me and told me to 'Get it!' He told me this virus is no joke and he said, "I wish I had gotten it!"...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-florida-radio-host-who-railed-against-dr-fauci-and-vaccines-has-died-from-covid-19/ar-AAN33mD

https://deadline.com/2021/08/dick-farrel-newsmax-anchor-south-florida-talk-radio-host-obituary-1234810995/
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FL Con Radio Host Dick Farrel 'The Other Rush Limbaugh' Died of Covid Railed Against Fauci, Vaccines (Original Post) appalachiablue Aug 2021 OP
DU needs a "was against the VAX, now dead" thread to keep up with current events Demovictory9 Aug 2021 #1
++ DF formerly w Newsmax. How many people appalachiablue Aug 2021 #5
I guess that Covid put the dick in the dirt. Chainfire Aug 2021 #2
A costly comeuppance. Sneederbunk Aug 2021 #3
That's too bad, Dick Hugh_Lebowski Aug 2021 #4
Lol SheltieLover Aug 2021 #6
Crisis actor with comorbidities who didn't take Laetrile Effete Snob Aug 2021 #7
Modern Darwinism Best_man23 Aug 2021 #8
Our West Texas Rush Limbaugh was advocating physical violence to justify his religious beliefs last czarjak Aug 2021 #9
Damn. Killed by a hoax. Zorro Aug 2021 #10
Bye Marcuse Aug 2021 #11
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Aristus Aug 2021 #12
Always sorry they didn't get vaxxed Raftergirl Aug 2021 #13
"Happy Trails to you, until we meet again." PlanetBev Aug 2021 #14

czarjak

(11,244 posts)
9. Our West Texas Rush Limbaugh was advocating physical violence to justify his religious beliefs last
Sat Aug 7, 2021, 07:12 PM
Aug 2021

Satisfied now, Robert Pratt with KFYO?

Aristus

(66,262 posts)
12. Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Sun Aug 8, 2021, 10:09 AM
Aug 2021

Spend your life doing something worthwhile for humanity, and you will have my sympathy if you die an untimely death.

If not, then we’re better off without you…

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