Fmr U.S. Sen. Roger Jepsen (R-IA)
Gage Skidmore via FlickrA force in Iowa politics, Jepsen left an indelible impact on Ronald Reagan’s legacy by successfully lobbying the president to lift Jimmy Carter’s partial agricultural embargo on American grain sales to the USSR. Carter’s ban came in response to the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. While it had minimal impact on the Soviet people, it brought substantial economic hardship to America’s Bread Basket.
Walter E. Williams is missing from this list.
As I recall, Herman Cain had several health issues, which were the underlying (if not primary) contribution to his death. The “plannedemic” was a new arrival.