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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|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/|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 by the [[Food and Drug Administration|U.S. Food and Drug Administration]] against using the medication for a COVID-19 remedy, which has since been rescinded<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 6, 2023|title=Ivermectin, COVID-19 treatment|language=en-US|url=https://www.covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov/therapies/miscellaneous-drugs/ivermectin/}}</ref>.<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/|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|access-date=2021-08-28|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}</ref> As Valentine's 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 name=":8" /> 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> 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>
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