Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford dead at 46
TORONTO – Former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, whose scandal-plagued time in office made him an international celebrity, has died.
The family has confimed that the 46-year-old succumbed to cancer today — 18 months after doctors discovered a softball-sized malignant tumour in his abdomen.
The diagnosis in September 2014 came less than a year after Ford confessed to smoking crack while in one of his “drunken stupors.”
The illness forced him to withdraw from his bid for re-election as mayor and he ran instead for a seat on city council, winning in a landslide despite his notoriety.