2008 GOP PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE & SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (AZ-R) PASSES AWAY AT THE AGE OF 81!

TODAY, FOX NEWS REPORTED THE PASSING OF SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN.  MCCAIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER IN JULY 2017.  SEN. MCCAIN WAS A WAR HERO WHO SURVIVED FIVE YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN VIETNAM, SERVED THREE DECADES IN CONGRESS AND WENT ON TO BECOME THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008.  MCCAIN GRADUATED FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1958.  IN 1967, WHILE IN VIETNAM HIS A4 SKYHAWK  WAS HIT BY A SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE OVER HANOI.  MCCAIN WAS CAPTURED BY THE NORTH VIETNAMESE, WHO TORTURED AND BEAT HIM FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.  HE WAS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE YEARS.  IN 1986, MCCAIN WON HIS SENATED SEAT IN ARIZONA.  MOREOVER, MCCAIN RAN TWICE FOR PRESIDENT.  IN 2000, HE RAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT, WINNING THE NEW HAMPSHIRE'S PRIMARY BUT LOSING THE NOMINATION TO GEORGE W. BUSH.  IN 2008, MCCAIN LOST TO BARACK OBAMA FOR THE PRESIDENCY.  IN 2005, I MET SENATOR MCCAIN AT THE TROVER BOOK SHOP IN WASHINGTON, DC.  A TRUE AMERICAN HERO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!  GOD SPEED TO THE MCCAIN FAMILY.

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH SEN. JOHN MCCAIN AND I FROM 2005 AT THE TROVER SHOP IN WASHINGTON, DC.

ABOVE IS A THE FRONT COVER OF A SIGNED 1ST EDITION OF CHARACTER OF DESTINY!

AN AUTOGRAPH FROM THE SEN. MCCAIN!

RAY LEWIS IS INDUCTED INTO THE CLASS OF 2018 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!

TONIGHT,  FORMER BALTIMORE RAVEN RAY LEWIS CLOSED OUT THE CLASS OF 2018 PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME!  HIS SPEECH WAS THE LAST AND THE LONGEST OF THE EVENING IN CANTON, OHIO!  RAY PLAYED ALL 17 SEASONS IN BALTIMORE WINNING 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR THE CITY!  THE TEAM HAS NOT BEEN THE SAME SINCE HIS RETIREMENT!  NEXT YEAR,  ED REED SHOULD BE A FIRST BALLOT HALL OF FAMER FOR THE CLASS OF 2019!

RAY LEWIS IN 2015 FROM A BOOK SIGNING AT BARNES AND NOBLE IN DOWNTOWN BALTIMORE!

ABOVE IS AN AUTOGRAPH FROM RAY LEWIS!  A 1ST EDITION OF HIS MEMOIR: I FEEL LIKE GOING ON!

THE COVER OF RAY'S MEMOIR!

ABOVE IS A PHOTO WITH RAY ANTHONY LEWIS!