Herman Cain, the previous Republican presidential candidate and enterprise govt who was hospitalized this month with the coronavirus, has died. He
Herman Cain, the previous Republican presidential candidate and enterprise govt who was hospitalized this month with the coronavirus, has died. He was 74.
His dying was introduced on his web site and social media accounts. Early this month, he mentioned he had been hospitalized within the Atlanta space.
Mr. Cain, the previous chief govt of Godfather’s Pizza, examined optimistic for the virus on June 29, and went to the hospital two days later.
“We knew when he was first hospitalized with Covid-19 that this was going to be a tough battle,” Dan Calabrese, the editor of Mr. Cain’s web site, mentioned within the publish saying his dying. “He had hassle respiration and was taken to the hospital by ambulance.”
“Though he was principally fairly wholesome in recent times, he was nonetheless in a high-risk group due to his historical past with most cancers,” Mr. Calabrese famous. When Mr. Cain was hospitalized, Mr. Calabrese mentioned that along with attending President Trump’s indoor rally in Tulsa, Okla., on June 20, he had achieved “quite a lot of touring” lately.
“I don’t assume there’s any technique to hint this to the one particular contact that induced him to be contaminated,” he mentioned on the time. “We’ll by no means know.”
In a video posted to his web site after the president’s rally, Mr. Cain mentioned he had worn a masks whereas in teams of individuals. However he additionally posted images of himself on social media that confirmed him and not using a masks and surrounded by individuals within the enviornment.
Mr. Cain, an unlikely hero of Tea Get together conservatives, ran for president as a Republican in 2012, however dropped out of the race after he was accused of sexual misconduct, which he denied. His platform included a 9-9-9 tax plan: a flat 9 p.c particular person revenue tax price, a 9 p.c company tax price and a 9 p.c nationwide gross sales tax.
Final yr, Mr. Cain withdrew his identify as considered one of Mr. Trump’s picks for the Federal Reserve Board, following the re-emergence of accusations of sexual harassment.