US radio host who regretted vaccine scepticism dies of Covid

After Mr Valentine was moved into a critical care unit, Mark Valentine said his brother regretted that 'he wasn’t a more vocal advocate of the vaccination'

Talk show host Phil Valentine talk radio host had been a vaccine sceptic until he was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 (John Partipilo/The Tennessean/AP)

A conservative talk radio host from Tennessee who had been a vaccine sceptic until he was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 has died. He was 61.

Nashville radio station SuperTalk 99.7 WTN confirmed Phil Valentine’s death in a tweet on Saturday.