{"id":2014774,"date":"2023-08-28T20:30:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-dead-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T00:31:21","slug":"joe-the-plumber-dead-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-dead-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe The Plumber dies after fighting pancreatic cancer."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fjoe-the-plumber-dead-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer%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=2014774&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>Remembering Joe the\u2062 Plumber: A Legacy Cut Short<\/h2>\n<p>Samuel\u2063 Joseph Wurzelbacher, affectionately known as &#8220;Joe \u200bthe Plumber,&#8221; has tragically passed away at the age of 49 after \u2064a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer, his \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saudi-arabia-releases-womens-rights-activist-family-says-its-not-yet-freedom\/\" title=\"Saudi Arabia Releases Women\u2019s Rights Activist; Family Says It\u2019s Not Yet \u2018Freedom\u2019\">family announced<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2064 2008, during the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-former-rittenhouse-lawyer-i-hope-kyle-will-file-numerous-defamation-claims-including-against-the-sitting-president\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Former Rittenhouse Lawyer: I Hope 'Kyle Will File Numerous Defamation Claims, Including Against the Sitting President'\">heated presidential campaign<\/a>, then-candidate \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/barack-obama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barack Obama<\/a> engaged in a memorable exchange \u2062with Joe. Obama&#8217;s comment, &#8220;When \u2064you\u2063 spread the wealth around, it&#8217;s good\u200c for everybody,&#8221; \u2063sparked a national conversation and\u2063 solidified \u200bthe\u2062 perception among many Americans that the Democratic Party was leaning towards\u2063 socialism. Joe, in turn, became a\u2063 prominent figure on \u200cthe\u2064 Right, with GOP candidate Sen. John McCain using the incident\u2063 to highlight\u2064 the differences between\u200d himself and his Democratic \u200bopponent.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u200c the\u2064 unexpected fame, Joe\u2062 found love and \u2062happiness. He married his wife Katie and together \u200cthey raised three beautiful children. It\u2063 was\u2063 in \u200dJuly 2023 that \u200dJoe bravely announced his battle \u2063with cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"speakable\">\u201cOur\u2064 hearts are broken. \u2063We lost a\u2062 beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend. He made an impact on so\u2064 many lives,\u201d Katie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/joe-plumber-rose-fame-confronting-obama-2008-campaign-trail-dead-49\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> \u200bin a statement given to Fox News.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Katie \u2062further \u200cshared, \u2062\u201cI don\u2019t think\u2064 of\u2063 him as losing his battle. \u200cBecause he knew Jesus, his \u200bbattle was won.\u201d She added, \u201cMy heart goes out to everyone whose lives are \u200dimpacted by cancer. There are so many \u2064ups and downs, but we\u2062 tried \u2062to find joy in every day. He fought \u2064long and hard but is now free \u2063from \u200bpain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on \u2064their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ideology-trumps-entertaining-now-quentin-tarantino-slams-hollywood-for-virtue-signaling-instead-of-entertaining\/\" title=\"\u2018Ideology Trumps Entertaining Now\u2019: Quentin Tarantino Slams Hollywood For Virtue Signaling Instead Of Entertaining\">love story<\/a>, \u200dKatie \u200cfondly recalled, \u201cWhen I\u200d met Joe,\u200d he was already known by everyone else as \u2018Joe the Plumber,\u2019 but he wrote something to \u200cme that stood out and showed me who he \u2063truly was: \u2018just Joe.\u2019 He was an\u200d average, honorable man \u2063trying to \u200ddo \u2062great things for the\u2062 country he\u200c loved so deeply after being thrust into \u200cthe public eye \u2064for \u200casking \u200da \u2063question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joe&#8217;s passing has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-the-plumber-dead-after-battle-with-pancreatic-cancer\/\" title=\"Joe The Plumber dies after fighting pancreatic cancer.\">deeply affected conservatives<\/a>, who \u2063took to X \u2014 \u2062formerly known as Twitter \u2014 to \u2064pay tribute to the man.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrible news. My\u2063 good friend\u2064 Joe Wurzelbacher, aka Joe the Plumber, passed away this morning at the age of\u200c 49 from pancreatic cancer. \u200dHe was a good \u200cman and an <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.\">exceptional friend<\/a>. Please consider \u200chelping his \u2064widow and young children \u200bhere <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oFczc0urX2\">https:\/\/t.co\/oFczc0urX2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/derekahunter\/status\/1695872001691324522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August\u200c 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tom Fitton, \u200bpresident of Judicial \u200dWatch, expressed \u2064his condolences and highlighted\u2062 Joe&#8217;s\u200b legal battle with\u2064 Ohio state \u2062bureaucrats\u2063 who violated his privacy after he dared to question\u2063 Barack Obama.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RIP To Joe \u200b&#8221;The Plumber&#8221; Wurzelbacher. Joe \u200bwas \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudicialWatch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JudicialWatch<\/a> legal client who the courts \u200ballowed \u2062Ohio state bureaucrats to abuse without consequence after they rifled through his gov&#8217;t files for his daring to ask a \u2062tough question of Barack \u200cObama.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, October 12, 2008,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomFitton\/status\/1696175645607248022?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ryan Girdusky, founder of the 1776 Project Pac, shared\u2064 his sadness \u200band fond memories of Joe, emphasizing his\u200d kindness and \u200cwarmth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is sad. \u2063I met Joe back in 2009 in Missouri and\u200b he\u200b couldn\u2019t have been\u2064 a nicer guy.<\/p>\n<p>My condolences to his family and loved ones.<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4ZmlLyA60\">https:\/\/t.co\/j4ZmlLyA60<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RyanGirdusky\/status\/1696219350150029707?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, \u20642023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A\u2062 fundraiser has been set up to support Joe&#8217;s grieving family, \u200band it has already garnered an overwhelming response, \u2064raising\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givesendgo.com\/G9Y76\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than $147,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, famously known as &#8220;Joe the Plumber,&#8221; passed away at 49 due to pancreatic cancer. 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