Photos: Herman Cain through the years, 1945-2020
Photos from the life of the businessman turned Republican presidential candidate:
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FILE - In this May 13, 1998, file photo Herman Cain, president of the National Restaurant Association, poses during an interview in Chicago. Former employees says Cain blew into Godfather's like the hurricane depicted in his campaign song, shutting about 200 under-performing stores and eliminating hundreds of jobs. He started SIN — Solve It Now, a rapid response program to deal with customers complaints. "He was genuine, warm, demanding and funny; he was the best leader I ever met in my life," said Paul Baird, his regional manager in Seattle. "And he sounded like a preacher! Everyone was like, who IS this guy?" (AP Photo/Michael S. Green, File)
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Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Herman Cain speaks Tuesday, June 29, 2004 in Savannah, Ga., during a debate of Republican contenders for the U.S. Senate sponsored by the Georgia Municipal Association. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton)
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FILE - In this July 10, 2004, file photo Republican candidates for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, from left, Johnny Isakson, Mac Collins and Herman Cain, talk at WSB TV before a debate among the three in Atlanta. Cain is a mathematician, a minister, a former radio talk show host and pizza magnate. But most of all, he's a salesman. "The sleeping giant called 'we the people' has awakened," Cain thunders, pacing the stage in his trademark dark suit, brown fedora and "lucky" gold tie, during a rollicking performance that evokes an old-fashioned church revival, complete with audience cries of "Amen". (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
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Republican presidential candidate, businessman Herman Cain campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain speaks at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Point of Grace Church in Waukee, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain is seen at the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition, Monday, March 7, 2011, at the Point of Grace Church in Waukee, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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Former CEO of Godfather's Pizza Herman Cain talks with Harold Jensen, of Riceville, Iowa, left, during a rally by home school advocates, Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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In this April 15, 2011 file photo, possible 2012 Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain gets ready to speak at a Tea Party rally at the Statehouse in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File)
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In this May 21, 2011 photo, Gloria Cain, left, accompanies her husband Herman Cain as he announces his run for Republican candidate for president in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Possible 2012 presidential hopefuls, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn. runs across fellow Republican 2012 presidential hopeful businessman Herman Cain during the taping of a radio show at the barley House, Tuesday, May 31, 2011 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, left, and businessman Herman Cain share a laugh during a break in the first New Hampshire Republican presidential debate at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., Monday, June 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain, talks to the media after a meeting with real estate developer Donald Trump, Monday, Oct. 3, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2011 file photo Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain stops to address the media as he arrives for a meeting with developer Donald Trump, in New York. During rollicking campaign performance Cain thundered, "The sleeping giant called 'we the people' has awakened" evoking an old-fashioned church revival, complete with audience cries of "Amen". Whether it's selling his book or his presidential aspirations, this is Cain at his best — grinning, joking and wooing a crowd, soaking in the adulation as he vows to lead the cheering masses to a promised land of "less regulation, less legislation and less taxation." (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
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Republican presidential candidates businessman Herman Cain speaks as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney listens during a Republican presidential debate at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Scott Eells, Pool)
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Republican presidential candidates from left, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, businessman Herman Cain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, and Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., applaud on stage before a Republican presidential debate in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Gloria Cain, left, blows a kiss to the crowd as she arrives with her husband, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, right, at an event Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011, in Atlanta. Cain announced he is suspending his campaign for president. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Herman Cain, CEO, The New Voice, speaks during Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority event in Washington, Friday, June 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
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In this Oct. 28, 2011 file photo, Republican Presidential hopeful Herman Cain campaigns in Talladega, Ala. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
Herman Cain, the former presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has died from coronavirus, according to an obituary sent from his verified Twitter account.
