{"id":11676,"date":"2021-08-24T01:59:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11676"},"modified":"2021-08-24T01:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T20:29:55","slug":"phil-valentine-radio-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=11676","title":{"rendered":"Phil Valentine, Radio Host"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalised from COVID-19 has died. He was 61, reported news agency <em>PTI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine\u2019s death in a tweet August 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Valentine had been a skeptic of coronavirus vaccines. But after he tested positive for COVID-19, and prior to his hospitalisation, he told his listeners to consider, \u201cIf I get this COVID thing, do I have a chance of dying from it?\u201d If so, he advised them to get vaccinated. He said he chose not to get vaccinated because he thought he probably wouldn\u2019t die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Valentine was moved into a critical care unit, Mark Valentine said his brother regretted that \u201che wasn\u2019t a more vocal advocate of the vaccination.\u201d \u201cI know if he were able to tell you this, he would tell you, \u2018Go get vaccinated. Quit worrying about the politics. Quit worrying about all the conspiracy theories,\u201d Mark Valentine told <em>The Tennessean<\/em> on July 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe regrets not being more adamant about getting the vaccine. Look at the dadgum data,\u201d Mark Valentine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Phil Valentine had been a radio personality since he was 20 and became a popular conservative host by railing against a state income tax proposed by Republican then-Gov. Don Sundquist, The Tennessean reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program grew into a nationally syndicated show that aired for 12 years on as many as 100 stations, according to the newspaper. At the end of the run, Valentine signed a three-year deal in 2019 that kept him on 99.7 WTN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPhil Valentine was a visionary for the conservative movement, and he made an enormous impact on the lives of many Tennesseans,\u201d U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn tweeted. \u201cMy deepest condolences and prayers are with Phil\u2019s wife, Susan, and his family. May they be comforted and surrounded by love during this difficult time.\u201d (with inputs from PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine skeptic until he was hospitalised from COVID-19 has died. He was 61, reported news agency PTI. Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine\u2019s death in a tweet August 21. Valentine had been a skeptic of coronavirus vaccines. 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