Radio host Dick Farrel changed anti-vax stance before dying of COVID at 65

Conservative shock jock, Newsmax anchor, voice-over actor and vocal anti-vaxxer Dick Farrel has died after contracting COVID-19. The Queens native was 65.

The radio veteran was beloved by fans for his strong far-right opinions, including that Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election was fraudulent, the coronavirus vaccine is of questionable efficacy, and Dr. Anthony Fauci is a “power-tripping lying freak” conspiring with “power trip lib loons,” the Daily Mail reported.  Although Farrel called the vaccine “bogus bull shid” [sic] that’s “promoted by people who lied 2u all along” as recently as July on social media, loved ones now say that, after being hospitalized for the novel virus, Farrel changed his stance on the vaccine.