Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama's tax proposals during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49
apnews.com
The man who became known as “Joe the Plumber” during the 2008 U.S. presidential election has died. The family of Samuel Wurzelbacher says he died Sunday in Wisconsin.
  • Mammal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    From the 2nd paragraph of the OP:

    “His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer.”

    The way Americans deal with medical bankruptcy are the ‘online fundraising’ sites. If things are well financially, they don’t use them.