Herman Cain Dies at 74

July 30, 2020 10:55am

HERMAN CAIN 12/13/1945 - 7/30/2020

I am saddened to hear of Herman Cain's death today. He'd been hospitalized for several weeks with COVID-19. He was 74.

To say I knew him "well" would be an exaggeration. But I did know him, and he knew me. My radio station carried his program; I interviewed him many times on the radio; I interviewed him face-to-face after the presidential debate in Orlando in September 2011; and I was Master of Ceremonies at an event where he was the keynote speaker in 2016.

I voted for Herman in the Republican Straw Poll at Florida's Presidency 5 Convention in 2011. Unfortunately, after winning that straw poll with an astonishing 37% of the vote (considering there were seven other candidates), unfounded attacks on his character ruined his reputation and derailed his campaign. He would have been a much better candidate than Mitt Romney, who ultimately received the Republican nomination. And he would have been a much better president than Barack Obama, who defeated Romney.

Rest in Peace, Herman. The world is a better place because you lived in it. And I am a better person because I knew you.