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Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza and a Republican presidential candidate, passed away on July 30, 2020, at the age of 74, after a month-long battle with COVID-19. Cain was hospitalized on July 1 after attending a Trump campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, without wearing a mask. He was diagnosed with COVID-19 on July 2 and was placed on a ventilator on July 9.