"Herman Kane - our boss, a friend who was almost a father to many of us, - has passed away," - said in a message from his representative.

Kane was hospitalized on July 1. His spokesman confirmed that the politician had been diagnosed with a coronavirus infection.

Kane ran for the Republican presidency in 2011, but withdrew from the race.

On the eve of Johns Hopkins University reported that the number of deaths in the United States of people with coronavirus exceeded 150 thousand.