{"id":95518,"date":"2023-08-28T14:27:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=95518"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:27:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:27:40","slug":"95518","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=95518","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Joe The Plumber,\u2019 who rose to fame after confronting Obama on 2008 campaign trail, dead at 49<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, who rose to national fame as\u00a0\u201cJoe the Plumber\u201d<\/a>\u00a0after confronting\u00a0Barack Obama<\/a>\u00a0on the 2008 campaign trail, died Sunday, his family confirmed.<\/p>\n

Wurzelbacher, 49, died after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of pancreatic cancer in July, his wife, Katie Wurzelbacher told Fox News.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts are broken. We lost a beloved husband, father, son, brother and friend. He made an impact on so many lives,\u201d the widow wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I met Joe he was already known by everyone else as \u2018Joe the Plumber\u2019 but he wrote something to me that stood out and showed me who he truly was: \u2018just Joe,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cHe was an average, honorable man trying to do great things for the country he loved so deeply after being thrust into the public eye for asking a question.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wurzelbacher became a symbol of the average Joe when the plumber challenged Obama at a campaign event in Toledo, Ohio, accusing the presidential candidate\u2019s tax plan of going against the American Dream.<\/p>\n

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