Bob Dole, former US senator and a good friend of Armenia, dies at 98
Bob Dole, a former U.S. senator and Republican presidential candidate, died Sunday morning, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation said. He was 98, CNBC reported.
A good friend of Armenia, Dole championed American recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
Dole was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer earlier this year and said he was starting treatment.
“It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep,” the foundation said on Twitter.
Dole served as a U.S. senator for Kansas for nearly 30 years, starting an impressive political run. In 1976, he was Gerald Ford’s vice presidential nominee, though the pair was defeated by President Jimmy Carter and his running mate, Walter Mondale.
He began to test the waters for his own presidential run in 1980. He later clinched the GOP nomination for the presidency in 1996, losing to the incumbent, President Bill Clinton.