{"id":2013788,"date":"2023-08-27T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-and-heartbreak-as-joe-the-plumber-dies-at-49\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T19:03:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T23:03:38","slug":"shock-and-heartbreak-as-joe-the-plumber-dies-at-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-and-heartbreak-as-joe-the-plumber-dies-at-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe the Plumber&#8217;s untimely death at 49 leaves shock and heartbreak."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fshock-and-heartbreak-as-joe-the-plumber-dies-at-49%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2013788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Shock and Heartbreak as\u200c Joe the\u200c Plumber Dies at 49<\/h2>\n<p>A plumber who famously confronted\u200b then-candidate \u200bBarack Obama on his tax plan during the 2008 presidential election has\u2063 passed away.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Wurzelbacher, or \u2063\u201cJoe the Plumber,\u201d died on Sunday morning, according to Ohio locals who \u200dknew him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Horrible news. My good friend Joe\u2064 Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the \u2062Plumber,\u2062 passed away this morning \u200cat the age of 49 from \u2064pancreatic \u2062cancer. He \u2062was a <a href=\"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">https<\/a>:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/&#8221; title=&#8221;What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?&#8221;>good man<\/a> \u200cand an exceptional friend. Please consider helping his widow and \u2062young children here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFczc0urX2\">https:\/\/t.co\/oFczc0urX2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200dDerek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1695872001691324522?\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wurzelbacher had been living with \u2064pancreatic cancer\u200d before \u200bhis death at the age of 49.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My best \u200dfriend <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealJTP?\">@RealJTP<\/a> \u2064(AKA Joe The Plumber) is with the Lord today. Thank you to all of you who helped him and his \u200dfamily. It \u2063meant \u200cmore \u200bthan you can know. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glennbeck?\">@glennbeck<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaraGonzalesTX?\">@SaraGonzalesTX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch?\">@DLoesch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisLoesch?\">@ChrisLoesch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter?\">@derekahunter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealDeanCain?\">@RealDeanCain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StuDoesAmerica?\">@StuDoesAmerica<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithMalinak?\">@KeithMalinak<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson?\">@TuckerCarlson<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cdUxJ7ncWW\">https:\/\/t.co\/cdUxJ7ncWW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dan Silvers \u200c(Mr Ags) (@blackswampradio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blackswampradio\/status\/1695886995388596366?\">August \u206227, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/joe-plumber-confronted-obama-tax-plan-08-diagnosed-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plumber<\/a> \u200c and Air Force veteran\u2062 \u2014\u2063 most known for questioning Obama\u2019s policies at a 2007 \u2064Ohio event \u200c\u2014 spoke candidly about his faith\u200c in God and his relationship with his family \u200cin\u200b an interview\u2063 with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithwire.com\/2023\/07\/28\/i-started-crying-joe-the-plumber-gets-candid-on-prayer-faith-as-he-fights-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Faithwire<\/a> in July.<\/p>\n<p>Wurzelbacher pressed Obama \u2062to\u2062 be honest about his plans to raise taxes on some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-to-partially-reopen-indoor-dining-in-nyc-for-valentines-day-if-positivity-rates-hold\/\" title=\"Cuomo To Partially Reopen Indoor Dining In NYC For Valentine\u2019s Day, \u2018If Positivity Rates Hold\u2019\">small business owners<\/a> in the conversation with the eventual president.<\/p>\n<p>Many Americans pointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shock-and-heartbreak-as-joe-the-plumber-dies-at-49\/\" title=\"Joe the Plumber's untimely death at 49 leaves shock and heartbreak.\">working-class family man<\/a> as representative\u2064 of \u2064those\u200b who negatively impacted by Obama\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/G9Y76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GiveSendGo<\/a> \u200cfundraiser set up to assist the Wurzelbacher family with medical expenses\u2064 during his illness has raised more than \u2062$120,000 as of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Wurzelbacher is survived by his widow \u2063and four children, according to Faithwire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod doesn\u2019t\u200c promise \u200bus an easy road,\u201d the \u2062father \u200csaid of his life experiences after his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/golf-star-john-daly-reveals-serious-cancer-diagnosis-not-scared-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancer diagnosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just promises\u200c to be \u200dthere for us\u2062 when we go on these roads.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shock-heartbreak-joe-plumber-dies-49\/\">Shock \u200dand Heartbreak \u2062as Joe the Plumber Dies at \u200b49<\/a> \u2062appeared\u200b first on\u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>of 55. He gained fame for challenging Obama&#8217;s tax plan in 2008. Ohio locals confirmed his death. Rest in peace, Joe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2013789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}