米実業家Ｈ・ケイン氏、コロナで死去　元大統領候補

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米国の実業家で、2012年大統領選で共和党の候補指名争いに出馬したハーマン・ケイン氏が、新型コロナウイルス感染により死去した。74歳だった。同氏のウェブサイトが30日、発表した。（写真は米実業家のハーマン・ケイン氏）
　ケイン氏のテレビ番組立ち上げを予定していた米保守派メディア「ニュースマックス」によると、同氏は７月初旬から入院していたジョージア州アトランタ市内の病院で亡くなった。
　ケイン氏は１９４５年１２月、南部テネシー州生まれ。海軍を退役後、製菓材料大手ピルズベリーやファストフード大手バーガーキングに勤務し、ビジネス界で頭角を現した。その後ピザチェーンのゴッドファーザーズ・ピザ最高経営責任者（ＣＥＯ）として同社の経営再建を進めた。
　２０１２年大統領選の共和党候補指名争いでは、インタビューや討論会での快活な答弁で注目を浴びたが、セクハラ疑惑が浮上し撤退に追い込まれた。
　今年の大統領選では、現職ドナルド・トランプ氏の再選を支援する黒人政治団体「ブラック・ボイシズ・フォー・トランプ」の共同理事を務め、６月にオクラホマ州でトランプ氏が開いた選挙集会にも参加。集会では複数のスタッフが新型ウイルス検査で陽性となったが、ケイン氏の感染経路は明らかになっていない。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/07/31-12:55）

Herman Cain, a US businessman and onetime Republican presidential candidate, has died after a month-long battle with coronavirus, his website announced. He was 74.
Cain died in an Atlanta-area hospital, where he was admitted in early July, according to Newsmax, where he had been set to launch a weekly television program.
Herman Cain -- our boss, our friend, like a father to so many of us -- has passed away, the editor of his website wrote.
Although he was basically pretty healthy in recent years, he was still in a high-risk group because of his history with cancer, the statement said.
Cain was born in December 1945 in Tennessee and raised in Atlanta by a domestic worker mother and chauffeur father.
The Navy veteran established himself in the corporate world with stints at Pillsbury and Burger King before reviving Godfather's Pizza as its CEO.
Cain then tried his hand at national politics, spicing up the 2012 race for the Republican presidential nomination with his lively interviews and debate performances.
The African-American businessman's signature policy was his catchy 9-9-9 tax reform plan -- a nine percent income tax, a nine percent corporate tax, and nine percent sales tax.
After briefly leading in the polls, Cain suspended his campaign following allegations of sexual misconduct, which he denied.
US President Donald Trump considered him last year for a position on the US Federal Reserve, before his candidacy withered under the opposition of several key Republicans.
Cain, a co-chair of Black Voices for Trump, attended a rally for the incumbent in Oklahoma last month, at which several campaign staffers tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
It is not clear how Cain contracted COVID-19.
He is survived by his wife Gloria, his children Melanie and Vincent, and several grandchildren.