Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) was an American businessman, politician, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He was the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza and a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked as a mathematician in ballistics for the United States Navy. Cain's newspaper column was distributed by North Star Writers Group. He lived in the Atlanta suburbs, where he also served as a minister at Antioch Baptist Church North.

In January 10 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.

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Herman Cain Hospitalized For COVID-19 Hours After Condemning Masks

Cain was diagnosed just over a week after he appeared at Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa. headshot By Ryan Grenoble

Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has been hospitalized with COVID-19.

A spokesman confirmed the diagnosis Thursday afternoon, describing the 73-year-old as “resting comfortably” at an Atlanta-area hospital after his symptoms became serious enough Wednesday to require care, but not a ventilator.

Cain’s positive June 29 test came just over a week after he appeared at Donald Trump’s indoor campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Addressing speculation he may have picked it up at Trump’s campaign event, Cain’s team said in a statement they are unsure how or where he contracted the virus.

“We honestly have no idea where he contracted it,” HermanCain.com editor Dan Calabrese wrote on the site. “I realize people will speculate about the Tulsa rally, but Herman did a lot of traveling the past week, including to Arizona where cases are spiking. I don’t think there’s any way to trace this to the one specific contact that caused him to be infected. We’ll never know.”

Cain tweeted a photo of himself attending the event without a mask.

Herman Cain dies at 74 from coronavirus complications

BY JUSTINE COLEMAN - 07/30/20 10:39 AM EDT

Herman Cain, a former Republican presidential candidate, died at age 74 from COVID-19 complications, a spokesperson confirmed on Thursday.

“Herman Cain – our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us – has passed away,” Cain’s website editor Dan Calabrese said in a post.

"We knew when he was first hospitalized with COVID-19 that this was going to be a rough fight," Calabrese said. "He had trouble breathing and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. We all prayed that the initial meds they gave him would get his breathing back to normal, but it became clear pretty quickly that he was in for a battle."