Outspoken, astute and sometimes controversial, he transcended the role of talk radio host to become a public intellectual.
We should remember him as just another ordinary human being who did extraordinary things.
Broadcasters silenced Father Charles Coughlin in 1938, just as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have shut down pro-Trump incitements to violence in 2021.
Apps like WhatsApp have connected more voices to participate in live talk radio - but this comes with new challenges.