'Joe The Plumber,' who rose to fame after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49
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Joe Wurzelbacher, known as "Joe the Plumber" by GOP presidential candidate John McCain after confronting Barack Obama on the 2008 campaign trail, has died.
"When I met Joe he was already known by everyone else as ‘Joe the Plumber’ but he wrote something to me that stood out and showed me who he truly was: ‘just Joe,’" she said. "He was an average, honorable man trying to do great things for the country he loved so deeply after being thrust into the public eye for asking a question." Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
Joe Wurzelbacher had announced in July that he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer.
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