Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain dies at 74
July 30, 2020 10:42AM AKDT
NEW ORLEANS, LA – MAY 31: Herman Cain, former chairman and chief executive officer of Godfather’s Pizza, speaks during the final day of the 2014 Republican Leadership Conference on May 31, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
By LISA J. ADAMS WAGNER Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has died after battling the coronavirus. He was 74. A post on Cain’s Twitter account on Thursday announced the death. Cain had been ill with the virus for several weeks. It’s not clear when or where he was infected, but he was hospitalized less than two weeks after attending President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June. The former pizza company executive has been an outspoken backer of the president and was named by the campaign as a co-chair of Black Voices for Trump.
