Posted Dec 31st 2009 12:13AM by TMZ Staff
Rumors abound that he has died –
Rush Limbaugh has been hospitalized in Hawaii after suffering chest pains — this according to KITV Hawaii.
According to KITV, paramedics responded to a call at the Kahala Hotel in Honolulu at 2:41 PM and transported Rush to Queens Medical Center.
According to the report, Rush was in “serious condition” when he arrived to the hospital.
Attempts to reach a rep for Limbaugh were unsuccessful.
UPDATE #1: TMZ has confirmed paramedics did respond to the Kahala at 2:41 to attend to someone with “chest discomfort.”
UPDATE: 11:29 PM EST — Sources inside the hotel tell TMZ the hotel took drastic measures to get the mystery patient — reported to be Rush Limbaugh — out of the resort without being seen.
We’re told hotel security shut down a wing of the hotel and the guest elevators — the patient was transported using the employee elevator bank.