The politician John McCain passed away at age 81, impressive.
Biography - A Short Wiki
The 2008 Republican presidential nominee who was a prisoner of war for five years during the Vietnam War. He became a United States Senator from Arizona in 1987. He was known for his advocacy of campaign finance reform in the Senate and most notably co-wrote the 2002 McCain-Feingold Act.
He had three daughters named Meghan, Bridget, and Sidney and three sons named Douglas, James and John. He was married to Carol McCain from 1965 to 1980, then he married Cindy McCain later in 1980. His father, John S. McCain, Jr., was a U.S. Navy admiral.
How did John McCain die?
Glioblastoma caused John McCain's death in 2018.
Cause of death | Glioblastoma |
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Age of death | 81 years |
Profession | Politician |
Birthday | August 29, 1936 |
Death date | August 25, 2018 |
Place of death | Cornville, Arizona, United States |
Place of burial | United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland, United States |
Quotes
I don’t think anybody is – no one could compare to Ronald Reagan, because he was the right man at the right time.
John McCain
In the real world, as lived and experienced by real people, the demand for human rights and dignity, the longing for liberty and justice and opportunity, the hatred of oppression and corruption and cruelty is reality.
John McCain
If you want to preserve – I’m very serious now – if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That’s how dictators get started.
John McCain
On the subject of Osama bin Laden… we will track him down. We will capture him. We will bring him to justice, and I will follow him to the gates of hell.
John McCain
The truth is sometimes a hard pill to swallow. It sometimes causes us difficulties at home and abroad. It is sometimes used by our enemies in attempts to hurt us. But the American people are entitled to it, nonetheless.
John McCain