(Atlanta, GA) — Former Republican presidential candidate and Godfathers Pizza CEO Herman Cain is dead at the age of 74. He died this morning in an Atlanta hospital where he has been since July 1st after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Cain had attended President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma ten days before he tested positive for the coronavirus. Cain graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 and climbed the ladder of corporate success with companies such has Coca Cola and Burger King before becoming CEO of Godfathers, one of the first African Americans to reach that level. He made the company profitable in 14 months. He ran for President in 2000 and 2004, but received a lot of attention in 2012 earning some buzz with his 9-9-9 plan, which was flat taxes on business transactions, personal income and a federal sales tax.
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