Personal Life
Together Rush and his wife Carolyn have had 6 children, one of whom, Huey, was murdered in Chicago at the age of 29.
In 2008, Rush had a rare type of malignant tumor removed from his salivary gland.
Rush is a member of Iota Phi Theta.
In Anthony Robbins Personal Power Program, Robbins retells a story about Bobby Rush approaching him on Capitol Hill and crediting his being a congressman to following Personal Power.
According to a DNA analysis, he descended, mainly, of people of Ghana.
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