bob dole

May 22, 2025

Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

December 6, 2021 John Hanna and Calvin Woodward

TOPEKA — Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II […]

Bob Dole says he’s been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer

February 18, 2021 John Hanna, Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. — Bob Dole, a former longtime senator and the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, announced Thursday that he has been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Dole, 97, said in a short statement that […]