Former Senate Leader, Presidential Candidate Bob Dole Dies At 98
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He shaped tax policy, foreign policy and rights for the disabled, and devoted his later years to the cause of wounded veterans.
Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, died Sunday. He was 98.
His wife, Elizabeth Dole, said in an announcement posted on social media that he died in his sleep.
Dole announced in February 2021 that he'd been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. During his 36-year career on Capitol Hill, Dole became one of the most influential legislators and party leaders in the Senate, combining a talent for compromise with a caustic wit, which he often turned on himself but didn't hesitate to turn on others, too.
