Death News World Veteran Republican leader Bob Dole dies Barbados Today05/12/20210346 views SOURCE: BBC — Bob Dole, a World War Two veteran who went on to be a long-time Republican senator and US presidential candidate, has died aged 98. His death was announced in a statement from the Elizabeth Dole Foundation: “It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years.” Earlier this year Dole had said that he was receiving treatment for lung cancer. His political career was marked by a decade-long stint as the top Republican in the US Senate, and running unsuccessfully for the White House against Bill Clinton in 1996.