(CNN) A Wisconsin teacher has been suspended after tweeting that he hoped conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh suffers a painful death from cancer.

Travis Sarandos, an English teacher at the Milwaukee High School of the Arts, posted the tweet on Monday and was suspended two days later.

"Rush Limbaugh absolutely should have to suffer from cancer," Sarandos wrote in the tweet. "It's awesome that he's dying, and hopefully it is as quick as it is painful."

Sarandos did not respond to CNN's request for comment. He has since deleted his Twitter account.

Limbaugh, the most prominent political radio host in the US, said Monday that he has been diagnosed with an advanced stage of lung cancer and has began treatment. He is a Republican party icon and a close ally of President Donald Trump.

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