Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher. He was 49. Pancreatic cancer got him.
Mr. Wurzelbacher was better known as “Joe the Plumber”.
Wurzelbacher, the owner of a plumbing business at the time, rose to national acclaim when he confronted Obama at a 2008 campaign event in Toledo, Ohio, accusing the Democratic presidential candidate’s tax plan of conflicting with the American dream.
Obama countered that the plan would help small businesses grow more quickly.