I remember when I started going to concerts in the 1980s, lamenting that I would NEVER see Hendrix, The Who with Moonie, Led Zeppelin with Bonzo, Skynyrd, and so on. "It's all downhill from here."
I thought that as I saw classic Van Halen, Frank Zappa, Deep Purple, Live Aid, The Police, Queen, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Gregg Allman, The Four Tops, Buddy Rich, Sarah Vaughan, and other performers.
In many ways, it got BETTER.
Yes, grieve. But the next guy or gal we hear behind the mic - perhaps someone known like Wilkow or Steyn or someone unknown - will likely be the source of awesome memories and wisdom still to come.
There will be another Rush Limbaugh, but he would say to us it’s time to move on. There are some really good conservative talkers out there. You mentioned Andrew Wilkow. Another young up and comer is Charlie Kirk. It could also be an unknown just like Rush was back in 1988. I’m sure Rush thought about his successor before and during his illness!
Surprisingly, I couldn't get many of my fellow drivers to listen to him, but I thought he was great.