Senator Dole, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks in Chicago in April 1972. AP
Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth wave from the podium at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, after he accepted the 1996 Republican presidential nomination for a race he lost to Bill Clinton. Dole has died, aged 98. AP
A young Bob Dole after he enlisted in the US Army after his second year at the University of Kansas. He overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader. AP
Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole points to a victim of crime in the audience while spelling out his plans to battle drugs and violent crime, at Villanova University, in September 1996. Reuters
Presidential nominee Bob Dole hugs wife Elizabeth in August 1996 at the Republican National Convention. Reuters
Dole and Bill Clinton wave to the audience after their first presidential debate in Hartford, Connecticut, in October 1996. Reuters
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate majority leader Dole in San Diego, August 1996. Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole makes a point during a Memorial Day speech in Clifton, New Jersey May 27, 1996. REUTERS / File Photo
US President Bill Clinton confers the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to Dole in January 1997. Reuters
Dole attends a welcome ceremony for new Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Gen Mark Milley, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, in September 2019. Reuters
President George W Bush with Dole during a ceremony honouring the USA Freedom Corps, in the East Room of the White House, in July 2002. Reuters
Dole, in his failed race for the Republican presidential candidacy, makes a speech in Washington in March 1988. AP
Dole with former President George HW Bush and his wife Barbara at the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York. Reuters
Dole speaks to supporters in Kansas as he announces his bid for the Republican nomination for president in April 1995. AP
Dole with Democratic House minority leader Nancy Pelosi during his Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in January 2018. AFP
Former majority leader Dole and his wife Elizabeth are escorted by senators as they leave Capitol Hill after his official retirement in June 1996. AP
Dole talks to women at Srebrenica on a weekend visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1998, in his capacity as chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons. EPA
US Presidential candidate Dole leaves a rally at West High School in Davenport, Iowa, in February 1996. AFP
Newly elected Senate majority leader Dole is kissed by his wife, Transport Secretary Elizabeth Dole, and his daughter, Robin, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in November 1984. AP
At a 'Dole For President' rally in the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in February 1996. AFP
Sen Dole of Kansas in 1976. AP
Senator Dole, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks in Chicago in April 1972. AP
Bob Dole and his wife Elizabeth wave from the podium at the Republican National Convention in San Diego, after he accepted the 1996 Republican presidential nomination for a race he lost to Bill Clinton. Dole has died, aged 98. AP
A young Bob Dole after he enlisted in the US Army after his second year at the University of Kansas. He overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader. AP
Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole points to a victim of crime in the audience while spelling out his plans to battle drugs and violent crime, at Villanova University, in September 1996. Reuters
Presidential nominee Bob Dole hugs wife Elizabeth in August 1996 at the Republican National Convention. Reuters
Dole and Bill Clinton wave to the audience after their first presidential debate in Hartford, Connecticut, in October 1996. Reuters
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Senate majority leader Dole in San Diego, August 1996. Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole makes a point during a Memorial Day speech in Clifton, New Jersey May 27, 1996. REUTERS / File Photo
US President Bill Clinton confers the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, to Dole in January 1997. Reuters
Dole attends a welcome ceremony for new Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, Gen Mark Milley, at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Virginia, in September 2019. Reuters
President George W Bush with Dole during a ceremony honouring the USA Freedom Corps, in the East Room of the White House, in July 2002. Reuters
Dole, in his failed race for the Republican presidential candidacy, makes a speech in Washington in March 1988. AP
Dole with former President George HW Bush and his wife Barbara at the 2004 Republican National Convention at Madison Square Garden in New York. Reuters
Dole speaks to supporters in Kansas as he announces his bid for the Republican nomination for president in April 1995. AP
Dole with Democratic House minority leader Nancy Pelosi during his Congressional Gold Medal ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, in January 2018. AFP
Former majority leader Dole and his wife Elizabeth are escorted by senators as they leave Capitol Hill after his official retirement in June 1996. AP
Dole talks to women at Srebrenica on a weekend visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina in April 1998, in his capacity as chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons. EPA
US Presidential candidate Dole leaves a rally at West High School in Davenport, Iowa, in February 1996. AFP
Newly elected Senate majority leader Dole is kissed by his wife, Transport Secretary Elizabeth Dole, and his daughter, Robin, on Capitol Hill in Washington, in November 1984. AP
At a 'Dole For President' rally in the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in February 1996. AFP
Sen Dole of Kansas in 1976. AP
Senator Dole, chairman of the Republican National Committee, speaks in Chicago in April 1972. AP
