Herman Cain, the pizza magnate and talk-radio host who sought the 2012 GOP presidential nomination, died Thursday of COVID-19 at the age of 74.

David Von Drehle has a nice appreciation of Cain at the Washington Post.

Cain’s 2012 campaign staffer Ellen Carmichael remembers her boss in this Twitter thread:

Matt Lewis shares a story Cain recounted of growing up under segregation:

In 2011, I spent some time with Cain for a story about his presidential campaign, which you can read here.