Government
Rob Ford, Former Mayor of Toronto, Dead at 46
The eccentric politician made headlines around the world for his erratic behavior before being diagnosed with cancer in 2014.
Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto, has died at the age of 46. He had been battling liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, since 2014.
Ford, a city councillor at the time of his death, served as Toronto’s mayor from 2010 to 2014. Hailing from the suburb of Etobicoke, Ford rose to power as an eccentric voice for conservative suburbanites.