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Bob Dole, giant of Republican politics and presidential nominee, dies aged 98

Long-time power-broker and Kansas senator had lung cancerSecond world war veteran lost 1996 election to Bill ClintonBob Dole, the long-time Kansas senator who was the Republican nominee for president in 1996, has died. He was 98.In a statement, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation, founded by Dole’s wife, said: “It is with heavy hearts we announced that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died earlier this morning in his sleep. At his death at age 98 he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years.” Continue reading…
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Written by: Martin Pengelly in New York