Post by barb43 on Aug 29, 2023 3:27:52 GMT
Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic proposals during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49.
His oldest son, Joey Wurzelbacher, said his father died Sunday in Wisconsin after a long illness. His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer.
“The only thing I have to say is that he was a true patriot,” Joey Wurzelbacher — whose father had the middle name Joseph and went by Joe — said in a telephone interview. “His big thing is that everyone comes to God. That’s what he taught me, and that’s a message I hope is heard by a lot of people.”
The article contains much more in a brief resume of Joe's move into politics and subsequent return to plumbing. He also wrote a book and worked with a veterans organization that provided outdoor programs for wounded soldiers.
apnews.com/article/joe-plumber-dies-71205f6f377129b3f1122f26ca238dc5
His oldest son, Joey Wurzelbacher, said his father died Sunday in Wisconsin after a long illness. His family announced this year on an online fundraising site that he had pancreatic cancer.
“The only thing I have to say is that he was a true patriot,” Joey Wurzelbacher — whose father had the middle name Joseph and went by Joe — said in a telephone interview. “His big thing is that everyone comes to God. That’s what he taught me, and that’s a message I hope is heard by a lot of people.”
The article contains much more in a brief resume of Joe's move into politics and subsequent return to plumbing. He also wrote a book and worked with a veterans organization that provided outdoor programs for wounded soldiers.
apnews.com/article/joe-plumber-dies-71205f6f377129b3f1122f26ca238dc5
