Bob Dole, 1996 GOP presidential nominee, dies at 98

A man of few words but many accomplishments, former Republican Kansas Sen. Bob Dole died on Sunday after an indelible life that stretched from its beginnings in rural Kansas to the Italian battlefields during World War II to Congress, where Dole spent 35 years as a GOP stalwart and long-serving Senate Republican leader.

The Elizabeth Dole Foundation announced the death Sunday. “It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death...