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Line 3: {{infobox person \| name = Phil Valentine \| image = Phil Valentine, ~~Radio~~in ~~Talk Show Host~~2019.~~jpg~~png \| caption = \| birth_name = Philip Carr Valentine Line 17: }} '''Philip Carr Valentine''' (September 9, 1959 – August 21, 2021) was an American [[conservative]] [[talk radio]] host, author and actor. He broadcast daily on [[WWTN]], a [[Cumulus Media]] station in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], and hosted ''The Phil Valentine Show'', syndicated nationally through the [[Westwood One (1976–2011)\|Westwood One]] radio network.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=October 26, 2018\|title=Phil Valentine Tops Nashville Scene's Best of Nashville 2018 Readers' Poll as Best Conservative \|url=https://www.997wtn.com/2018/10/26/phil-valentine-tops-nashville-scenes-best-of-nashville-2018-readers-poll-as-best-conservative/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=Super Talk 99.7 WTN\|publisher=Cumulus Media\| language=en-US\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192952/https://www.997wtn.com/2018/10/26/phil-valentine-tops-nashville-scenes-best-of-nashville-2018-readers-poll-as-best-conservative/}}</ref> He was ~~a vocal~~an opponent of a proposed [[state income tax]] in Tennessee and [[climate change denial\|denied climate change]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Gettleman\|first=Jeffrey\|date=July 23, 2001\|title=Talk Radio Thwarts Tennessee Income Tax\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-23-mn-25661-story.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=Los Angeles Times\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192952/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jul-23-mn-25661-story.html}}</ref><ref name="balt-sun">{{cite news \| work = Baltimore Sun \| title = A conservative radio host who dismissed vaccines changes his message after being hospitalized with COVID-19 \| url = https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-phil-valentine-covid-diagnosis-20210726-ao7mdggsd5g65cjnwtb7jmmvqu-story.html \| first1 = Hamilton Masters \| last1 = Matthews \| first2 = Giulia \| last2 = Heyward \| date = July 26, 2021 \| access-date = September 4, 2021 \| archive-date = August 2, 2021 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210802200129/https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-phil-valentine-covid-diagnosis-20210726-ao7mdggsd5g65cjnwtb7jmmvqu-story.html \| url-status = live }}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States\|COVID-19 pandemic]], Valentine opposed [[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic\|mask mandates]] and argued against vaccinations against COVID-19.<ref name="nyt-jimenez"/><ref name=":5">{{Cite web\|title=Phil Valentine, conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID-19\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831104113/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|access-date=August 31, 2021\|website=www.cbsnews.com\|date=August 21, 2021 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /~~> He claimed he regretted his COVID-19 vaccine opposition after becoming ill with COVID-19 in July 2021. <nowiki>{{Disputed}}</nowiki~~> He died from complications of COVID-19 on August 21, 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Schmitt\|first=Brad\|date=August 21, 2021\|title=Nashville radio host Phil Valentine dies at 61 after battling COVID-19\|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2021/08/21/phil-valentine-dies-covid-19-diagnosis/5416955001/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=The Tennessean\|publisher=USA Today\|language=en-US\|archive-date=September 5, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053407/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2021/08/21/phil-valentine-dies-covid-19-diagnosis/5416955001/}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> == Early life and education == Valentine was born in [[Rocky Mount, North Carolina]], to Betsy Carr and six-term [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] [[Tim Valentine]]. He was raised in [[Nashville, North Carolina]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2021-08-23\| title= Phil Valentine's sister pens emotional letter after conservative radio host's COVID-19 death\|url=https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/coronavirus/phil-valentines-sister-pens-emotional-letter-after-conservative-radio-hosts-covid-19-death/\|access-date=2021-09-03\| website= CBS17.com\|language=en-US\| archive-date=September 3, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903094107/https://www.cbs17.com/community/health/coronavirus/phil-valentines-sister-pens-emotional-letter-after-conservative-radio-hosts-covid-19-death/\|url-status=live}}</ref> Valentine scored high on [[Intelligence quotient\|IQ]] tests but received poor grades in school. He blamed his trouble concentrating in school on an [[Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder\|attention deficit disorder]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web\| last=Schmitt\|first=Brad\|date=August 6, 2017\|title=Phil Valentine: How his mom's sudden death spurred him to chase his radio dreams\| url= https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/06/phil-valentine-how-his-moms-sudden-death-spurred-him-chase-his-radio-dreams/510350001/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-09-04\| website=The Tennessean \|language=en-US\| archive-date=September 5, 2021\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053407/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2017/08/06/phil-valentine-how-his-moms-sudden-death-spurred-him-chase-his-radio-dreams/510350001/}}</ref> At 13, Valentine fronted a band called The Nashville Five. His father provided opportunities for gigs at Democratic Party events. HeValentine graduated from [[Northern Nash High School]].<ref name=":4" /> ~~Although he~~He attended [[East Carolina University]] to study business, ~~Valentine~~then transferred to the [[Connecticut School of Broadcasting]] after a friend encouraged Valentine go into radio because of his deep voice.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web\| date=August 23, 2021 \|title= Remembering Phil Valentine\| url= https://www.talkers.com/2021/08/23/monday-august-23-2021/ \|url-status= live\| access-date=2021-08-31\| website= talkers.com\| archive-date=August 31, 2021\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210831070642/https://www.talkers.com/2021/08/23/monday-august-23-2021/}}</ref> == Radio career == Valentine began his radio career at small-market radio stations in North Carolina after graduating from broadcasting school. After the death of his mother when he was 21, Valentine moved to Nashville, Tennessee, where he sold [[health club]] memberships and worked part-time as a [[disc jockey]].<ref name= ":4" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web\| title= The Phil Valentine Show\| website= 997wtn.com \|url= https://www.997wtn.com/philvalentineshow/\| access-date=2021-08-30\| publisher= WWTN-FM\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210830033512/https://www.997wtn.com/philvalentineshow/\|url-status=live}}</ref> After three years in Nashville, Valentine hosted a morning drive show for WLAC-FM. ~~He hosted~~and a talk radio show on weekends in 1991.<ref name=":2" /> In June 1995, Valentine started ''The Phil Valentine Show'', a talk-radio show on Nashville radio station [[WWTN]] while performing in television commercials.<ref name=":2" /> Valentine moved to [[WWDB]] in [[Philadelphia]] where he hosted a morning show. When WWDB was sold in 1998, Valentine worked in [[New York City]] at [[WABC (AM)\|WABC]]. In April 1998, Valentine resurrected ''The Phil Valentine Show'' in Nashville during morning drive-time at [[WLAC\|WLAC (AM)]]. After five years, Valentine left WLAC to write a book.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web\|last=Murray Garrigan\|first=Liz \| date=December 9, 1999\| title=Radio Fires Back\| url= https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/radio-fires-back/article_144c0c57-3051-551e-ba06-0ac81744fa47.html\| url-status= live\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210831031517/https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/radio-fires-back/article_144c0c57-3051-551e-ba06-0ac81744fa47.html\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|access-date= August 30, 2021\| website= NashvilleScene.com\| language=en}}</ref> On July 8, 2004, Valentine returned to talk radio at WWTN. From 2007 to 2019, the nationally syndicated ''The Phil Valentine Show'' aired on 100 stations. Valentine ranked No. 47 on the 2021 Heavy Hundred, a list of the top 100 radio talk-show hosts as determined by [[Talkers Magazine\|''Talkers'']], a talk-media trade magazine.<ref>{{cite web\| title=Heavy Hundred\| url= http://www.talkers.com/2015-talkers-heavy-hundred-26-50/\| website= Talkers.com \| date= March 11, 2015\|access-date=May 7, 2015\| archive-date=May 1, 2015\|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150501184832/http://www.talkers.com/2015-talkers-heavy-hundred-26-50/\|url-status=live}}</ref> He was voted Best Conservative in a 2018 ''[[Nashville Scene]]'' readers' poll.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=October 16, 2018\| title=Readers' Poll Best Conservative\| url= https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2018/media-and-politics/readers-poll/best-conservative/article_272b4281-1e30-58ea-9bc7-ff6d21d9df72.html\|url-status= live\| access-date=August 30, 2021\| website= NashvilleScene.com \| language= en\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830192955/https://www.nashvillescene.com/bon/2018/media-and-politics/readers-poll/best-conservative/article_272b4281-1e30-58ea-9bc7-ff6d21d9df72.html}}</ref> In 2019, Valentine returned to broadcasting at WWTN, where he worked until his death.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite magazine\| last= Hudak\| first= Joseph\| date=August 21, 2021\|title=Phil Valentine, Conservative Radio Host and Vaccine Skeptic, Dead at 61 From Covid Complications\| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/phil-valentine-radio-covid-vaccine-dead-obituary-1206303/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 31, 2021\| magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] \|publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC\|language=en-US\| archive-date=August 29, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829061630/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/phil-valentine-radio-covid-vaccine-dead-obituary-1206303/}}</ref> == Other media == Valentine authored three ~~non-fiction~~nonfiction books, ''The Conservative's Handbook: Defining the Right Position on Issues from A to Z '', ''Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America'', and ''Tax Revolt: The Rebellion Against an Overbearing, Bloated, Arrogant, and Abusive Government''.<ref>{{cite news\|date=February 18, 2003\|title=Phil Valentine, Cumberland House Publishing sign book deal\|work=[[Nashville Business Journal]]\|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2003/02/17/daily13.html\|access-date=May 22, 2012\|archive-date=November 6, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106073202/https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/stories/2003/02/17/daily13.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Valentine\|first=Phil\|year=2003\|title=Right from the Heart: The ABC's of Reality in America\|url=https://www.abebooks.com/9781581823547/Right-Heart-ABCs-Reality-America-1581823541/plp\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=AbeBooks\|publisher=Cumberland House\|language=en\|isbn=9781581823547\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830225713/https://www.abebooks.com/9781581823547/Right-Heart-ABCs-Reality-America-1581823541/plp}}</ref> He wrote three novels, ''The Godplayers'', ''The First Face of Janus'', and ''Barbican''.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=VALENTINE\|first=PHIL\|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/978519143\|title=God Players\|date=December 1, 2015\|publisher=Oxley Durchville Publishing\|isbn=978-0-9968752-0-2\|oclc=978519143}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Valentine\|first=Phil\|url=https://www.amazon.com/First-Face-Janus-Society-Nostradamus-ebook/dp/B073XTTC26\|title=The First Face of Janus: Secret Society of Nostradamus\|date=July 7, 2017\|publisher=Oxley Durchville Publishing\|isbn=9780996875233\|publication-date=July 13, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Valentine\|first=Phil\|date=June 5, 2018\|title=Barbican: A Sterling McQueen Spy Story\|publisher=Oxley Durchville Publishing\|publication-date=June 5, 2018\|isbn=9780996875257}}</ref> On January 26, 2012, Valentine wrote, produced and starred in the documentary ''[[An Inconsistent Truth]]'' as a response to the [[Al Gore]] movie ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]]''.<ref name="NashPost" /><ref name = "nyt-jimenez">{{Cite news\|last=Jiménez\|first=Jesus\|date=2021-07-24\|title=Hospitalized with Covid, a conservative Tennessee radio host shifts his message to urge vaccinations.\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/phil-valentine-hospitalized-coronavirus.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|issn=0362-4331\|archive-date=September 3, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903080851/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/phil-valentine-hospitalized-coronavirus.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> During the two weeks after it opened at a single Nashville movie theater, it was the country's top-grossing film on a per-screen basis.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Ridley\|first=Jim\|title=Phil Valentine's An Inconsistent Truth No. 1 Movie in America by Per-Screen Average\|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/phil-valentines-i-an-inconsistent-truth-i-no-1-movie-in-america-by-per-screen/article_2a7acb1b-f50a-5acf-bc74-108ffabc9bf5.html\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=Nashville Scene\|date=January 31, 2012 \|language=en\|archive-date=September 3, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903053835/https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/phil-valentines-i-an-inconsistent-truth-i-no-1-movie-in-america-by-per-screen/article_2a7acb1b-f50a-5acf-bc74-108ffabc9bf5.html\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NashPost">{{cite web\|date=February 8, 2012\|title='An Inconsistent Truth' stays No. 1\|url=https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/an-inconsistent-truth-stays-no-1/article_589595ab-70be-5656-a08a-f1d928a701a7.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 28, 2021\|website=Nashville Post\|archive-date=August 29, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210829010351/https://www.nashvillepost.com/home/an-inconsistent-truth-stays-no-1/article_589595ab-70be-5656-a08a-f1d928a701a7.html}}</ref> In 2012, Valentine won the Excellence in Filmmaking award at the libertarian Anthem Film Festival and Best Documentary at the [[Nevada Film Festival]] in Las Vegas.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=July 1, 2021 \|title=About Anthem \|url=https://anthemfilmfestival.com/the-greatest-easter-movie-ever-made-2/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210701044802/https://anthemfilmfestival.com/the-greatest-easter-movie-ever-made-2/ \|archive-date=July 1, 2021 \|access-date=July 13, 2023 \|website=Anthem, The Libertarian Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=2012\|title=2012 Awards Winners\|url=https://anthemfilmfestival.com/awards/2012-awards-winners/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=Anthem Film Festival\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831011316/https://anthemfilmfestival.com/awards/2012-awards-winners/}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Nevada Film Festival\|url=http://www.nevadafilmfestival.com/Festival/winners.aspx\|access-date=June 12, 2012\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130041310/http://www.nevadafilmfestival.com/Festival/winners.aspx\|archive-date=November 30, 2012}}</ref> Valentine appeared in the 2014 movie ''[[Atlas Shrugged Part III: Who Is John Galt?]]''. He performed in an episode of [[American Broadcasting Company\|ABC]]'s ''[[Threat Matrix]]'' television drama and the 2015 movie ''[[The Secret Handshake (film)\|The Secret Handshake]]''.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Bond \|first1=Paul \|title=Ron Paul to Make Acting Debut \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ron-paul-make-acting-debut-712922/ \|access-date=August 22, 2021 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=June 19, 2014 \|archive-date=August 21, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821231721/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/ron-paul-make-acting-debut-712922/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Grobar\|first=Matt\|date=August 22, 2021\|title=Phil Valentine Dies Of Covid-19: Conservative Radio Host & Vaccine Skeptic Was 61\|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/phil-valentine-dies-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-was-61-1234819474/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=Deadline\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831011315/https://deadline.com/2021/08/phil-valentine-dies-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-was-61-1234819474/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Folds\|first=Angela\|date=May 2, 2015\|title=Movie shot in Nashville area set for May premiere\|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/columnist/2015/05/03/movie-shot-nashville-area-set-may-premiere/26639075/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 28, 2021\|website=The Tennessean\|publisher=USA Today\|language=en-US\|archive-date=September 5, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905053421/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/williamson/columnist/2015/05/03/movie-shot-nashville-area-set-may-premiere/26639075/}}</ref> Valentine's screenplay "Derek Dickens & The Dream" won first place in the 2015 Colorado Film Festival and was a finalist in screenwriting contests at the [[Beverly Hills Film Festival]] and [[Atlanta Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Colorado Film Festival\|url=http://coloradofilmfestival.com/past-winners\|website=Colorado Film Festival\|access-date=August 22, 2015\|archive-date=August 15, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150815043526/http://coloradofilmfestival.com/past-winners\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Beverly Hills Film Festival\|url=http://www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/gallery_2015_screen.php\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602030840/http://www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/gallery_2015_screen.php\|archive-date=June 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|date=February 20, 2015\|title=2015 Screenplay Competition Finalists Announced!\|url=https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/atlff-news/2015/2/9/2015-screenplay-competition-finalists-announced\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=Atlanta Film Festival\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831015602/https://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/atlff-news/2015/2/9/2015-screenplay-competition-finalists-announced}}</ref> == Activism == === State income tax === In 2001, Tennessee Governor [[Don Sundquist]] proposed a state income tax to overcome a budget shortfall. Tennessee lawmakers were at an impasse when Republican state senator [[Marsha Blackburn]] tipped off Valentine that a vote on the measure was imminent. Valentine~~, a vocal opponent~~ ofopposed a state income tax, and urged his listeners to swarm the Tennessee state capitol to voice their opposition.<ref name=":1" /> More than 2,000 ~~of his listeners~~people stormed the capitol~~, honking horns~~ and ~~breaking~~broke windows in what became known as the Tennessee Tax Revolt.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Semuels\|first=Alana\|date=October 21, 2015\|title=Congratulations Tennessee: You've Got the Most Regressive Tax System in America\|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/tennessee-tax-system-regressive/411547/\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=The Atlantic\|language=en\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831031515/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/tennessee-tax-system-regressive/411547/}}</ref> Valentine said Sundquist committed political adultery after promising in his 1994 gubernatorial campaign to veto any state income tax.<ref name=":3" /> The measure failed in the legislature and Valentine emerged as a hero among conservatives in Tennessee.<ref name=":3" /> === COVID-19 === Valentine, ~~was~~who ablamed Chinese [[~~Anti-mask sentiment\|skeptic~~Communism]] offor ~~[[Face~~its ~~masks~~failure to ~~during~~contain the ~~COVID-19~~pandemic was a skeptic of ~~pandemic\|~~wearing masks]] to prevent [[COVID-19]] and suggested that only those with underlying health conditions should be [[COVID-19 vaccine\|vaccinated]] against the illness.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web\|title=Conservative Radio Host Phil Valentine Regrets His Vaccine Stance, Now Fighting COVID in Hospital\|url=https://people.com/health/conservative-radio-host-phil-valentine-regrets-his-vaccine-stance-now-fighting-covid-in-hospital/\|access-date=2021-09-02\|website=PEOPLE.com\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|date=2020-04-08 \|title=Is coronavirus the beginning of the end of Chinese communism? \|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/is-coronavirus-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-chinese-communism \|access-date=2023-11-30 \|website=Washington Examiner \|language=en}}</ref> He performed a parody song, "Vaxman", in the style of the 1966 [[The Beatles\|Beatles]] song "[[Taxman]]", altering the lyrics to parody vaccination efforts.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Murphy\|first=Paul P.\|date=July 23, 2021\|title=He sang 'Vaxman' song, now he's hospitalized with COVID\|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/23/he-sang-vaxman-song-now-hes-hospitalized-with-covid\|access-date=August 4, 2021\|website=The Mercury News\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Levintova\|first=Hannah\|title=A conservative radio host mocked the vaccine. Now he's hospitalized with COVID.\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/a-conservative-radio-host-mocked-the-vaccine-now-hes-hospitalized-with-covid/\|access-date=August 4, 2021\|website=Mother Jones\|language=en-US}}</ref> He compared vaccination status badges worn by medical workers with the [[yellow badge]]s German Jews were ordered to wear by the Nazis.<ref name="cnn2">{{Cite web\|last=Murphy\|first=Paul P.\|date=July 24, 2021\|title=Family says conservative radio host has changed his tune on vaccines after he was hospitalized with Covid-19\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/23/us/radio-host-vaccine-trnd/index.html~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=August 22, 2021\|website=CNN}}</ref> Valentine predicted his chance of dying from COVID-19 was less than one percent.<ref name="cnn2" /> After growing sicker with COVID-19, Valentine's brother, Mark, said Valentine expressed regret that he had not been vaccinated and that his criticism of the COVID-19 vaccine had caused some listeners of his radio program to choose not to be vaccinated.<ref name=":8">{{cite web\|last=Rose\|first=Andy\|date=August 22, 2021\|title=Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/us/conservative-talk-show-host-phil-valentine-dies-covid-19/index.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822023835/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/us/conservative-talk-show-host-phil-valentine-dies-covid-19/index.html\|archive-date=August 22, 2021\|access-date=August 22, 2021\|publisher=CNN}}</ref> == Personal life, illness and death == Valentine had three sons with his wife, Susan.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Jackson\|first=Danielle\|date=August 23, 2021\|title="Phil got it wrong"; Family encourages vaccination after Phil Valentine's COVID-19 death\|url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/phil-got-it-wrong-family-encourages-vaccination-after-phil-valentines-covid-19-death/article_ba440c6c-0478-11ec-b6c8-7f914eb4c829.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=August 30, 2021\|website=News4 Nashville\|publisher=The Meredith Corporation\|language=en\|archive-date=August 30, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830200903/https://www.wsmv.com/news/phil-got-it-wrong-family-encourages-vaccination-after-phil-valentines-covid-19-death/article_ba440c6c-0478-11ec-b6c8-7f914eb4c829.html}}</ref> He co-hosted ''PodGOATs'', a nonpolitical podcast, with his son, Campbell.<ref name="tenn_Phil">{{cite web\|author=Brad Schmitt\|date=June 20, 2019\|title=Phil Valentine shows softer, gentler side in his new father-son podcast\|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2019/06/20/phil-valentine-son-launches-podgoats-podcast/2982444002/\|access-date=July 29, 2021\|work=The Tennessean}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Schmitt\|first=Brad\|date=August 22, 2021\|title=Phil Valentine, Tennessee radio host who was a vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID at 61\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/22/phil-valentine-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-dies-covid/8234158002/\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=USA TODAY\|language=en-US\|archive-date=August 31, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831152841/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/22/phil-valentine-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic-dies-covid/8234158002/}}</ref> On July 11, 2021, Valentine announced he had COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=July 30, 2021\|title=Conservative talk radio host Phil Valentine still hospitalized amid COVID battle\|url=https://www.newschannel5.com/news/conservative-talk-radio-host-phil-valentine-still-hospitalized-amid-covid-battle~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=August 31, 2021\|website=WTVF\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Phil Valentine, conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID-19\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=August 31, 2021\|website=www.cbsnews.com\|date=August 21, 2021 \|language=en-US}}</ref> To battle the illness, Valentine took [[Vitamin D]] and the anti-parasite drug [[Ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic\|ivermectin]], despite warnings ~~against the medication for use as a COVID-19 remedy~~ by the [[Food and Drug Administration\|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] against using the medication for a COVID-19 remedy.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Reardon\|first=Sophie\|date=August 21, 2021\|title=Phil Valentine, conservative radio host and vaccine skeptic, dies of COVID-19\|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phil-valentine-dies-covid-conservative-radio-host-vaccine-skeptic/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=www.cbsnews.com\|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Loller\|first=Travis\|date=2021-07-23\|title=Talk radio host with COVID regrets vaccine hesitancy\|url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-health-coronavirus-pandemic-talk-radio-2a8308e2f6625ec3ec038d664a184079~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-08-28\|website=AP NEWS\|language=en}}</ref> ~~After~~As ~~contracting~~Valentine's ~~COVID-19~~health deteriorated, Valentine's brother, Mark, said Valentine regretted not being vaccinated against the illness and that his criticism of the COVID-19 vaccination had caused some listeners of his radio program to not be vaccinated.<ref~~>{{cite~~ ~~web\|last~~name=~~Rose\|first=Andy\|date=August 22, 2021\|title=Conservative talk show host Phil Valentine dies after battle with Covid-19, his employer says\|url=https~~":~~//www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/us/conservative-talk-show-host-phil-valentine-dies-covid-19/index.html\|access-date=August~~8" ~~22, 2021\|publisher=CNN}}<~~/~~ref~~> Valentine was placed on [[ventilator\|mechanical ventilation]] on July 28, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news\|last1=Masters\|first1=Hamilton Matthew\|last2=Heyward\|first2=Giulia\|date=July 25, 2021\|title=After Covid Diagnosis, a Conservative Radio Host Sends a New Message\|language=en-US\|work=The New York Times\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/phil-valentine-covid-nashville-.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=July 26, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726092924/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/us/phil-valentine-covid-nashville-.html\|archive-date=July 26, 2021\|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="wsmv_Cons">{{cite web\|last=Benson\|first=Marshall\|date=July 28, 2021\|title=Conservative Nashville radio host Phil Valentine now on a ventilator\|url=https://www.wsmv.com/news/conservative-nashville-radio-host-phil-valentine-now-on-a-ventilator/article_e6f76b8c-efe7-11eb-96b5-47f675af751a.html\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729023812/https://www.wsmv.com/news/conservative-nashville-radio-host-phil-valentine-now-on-a-ventilator/article_e6f76b8c-efe7-11eb-96b5-47f675af751a.html\|archive-date=July 29, 2021\|access-date=July 29, 2021\|work=WSMV Nashville}}</ref> ~~His~~Mark ~~brother, Mark,~~Valentine announced on July 30, 2021, that Valentine required [[extracorporeal membrane oxygenation]] (ECMO), which acts as an artificial lung and heart for the body.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Dzhanova\|first=Yelena\|date=July 31, 2021\|title=A conservative radio host who downplayed vaccines on his show is on an oxygen machine after a severe COVID-19 infection\|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-host-downplayed-vaccines-on-oxygen-machine-2021-7\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824130351/https://www.businessinsider.com/conservative-radio-host-downplayed-vaccines-on-oxygen-machine-2021-7\|archive-date=August 24, 2021\|access-date=August 31, 2021\|website=Business Insider\|language=en-US}}</ref> Valentine died of complications of COVID-19 on August 21, 2021.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news \|last1=Callery \|first1=James \|last2=Goddard \|first2=Jacqui \|date=August 23, 2021 \|title=Most-clicked link on Facebook spread doubt about Covid vaccine \|language=en \|work=[[The Times]] \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/most-clicked-link-on-facebook-spread-doubt-about-covid-vaccine-flknpp9n5 \|access-date=2022-04-09 \|issn=0140-0460}}</ref> == References == Line 59: == Further reading == * {{cite web \| url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB32DD175DD2CE4&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D \| title=Phil Valentine Finds the Philadelphians Unexpectedly Delightful \| website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] \| date=October 4, 1996 \| access-date=May 23, 2012 \|url-access=subscription}} * {{cite web \|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tennessean/access/1821224591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+02%2C+2003&author=ROBERT+L+DOERSCHUK&pub=The+Tennessean&desc=Talk+radio%27s+Valentine+offers+%27rehab%27+for+liberals&pqatl=google \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131215731/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tennessean/access/1821224591.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+02,+2003&author=ROBERT+L+DOERSCHUK&pub=The+Tennessean&desc=Talk+radio's+Valentine+offers+'rehab'+for+liberals&pqatl=google \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 31, 2013 \|title=Talk radio's Valentine offers 'rehab' for liberals \|work=[[The Tennessean]] \|location=Nashville, Tennessee \|date=October 2, 2003 \|access-date=May 23, 2012 \|url-access=subscription ~~}}{{Dead link\|date=February 2023 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes~~ }} == External links == Line 75: [[Category:21st-century American male actors]] [[Category:21st-century American male writers]] [[Category:American anti-~~vaccination activists~~communists]] [[Category:Anti-vaccination activist deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic]] [[Category:American conservative talk radio hosts]] [[Category:American podcasters]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee]] [[Category:East Carolina University alumni]] [[Category:People from ~~Nashville~~Rocky Mount, North Carolina]] [[Category:Radio personalities from Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category:Writers from Nashville, Tennessee]] [[Category:~~Anti-vaccination activist deaths~~Writers from ~~the 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