Right-wing radio host Phil Valentine has passed away after battling coronavirus.
"Yes, the rumors are true. I have COVID. Unfortunately for the haters out there, it looks like I'm going to make it," Valentine wrote on Facebook in July.
Valentine's death was announced online by his radio station.
We are saddened to report that our host and friend Phil Valentine has passed away. Please keep the Valentine family in your thoughts and prayers. pic.twitter.com/vhXpE7x0oX
— SuperTalk 99.7 WTN (@997wtn) August 21, 2021
"Though Valentine downplayed the efficacy of vaccines and even went so far as to record a parody song mocking them, he reversed his opinion while in the hospital, advising his family members to get the jab," The Daily Beast reported. "Before he fell ill with the virus, Valentine had spoken out against mask mandates and written a parody of The Beatles' song 'Taxman' called 'Vaxman' mocking the preventative. He sang it on the air."
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