Sheldon Johnson (Johnsonverse)

Sheldon Robert Johnson, Sr. (January 28, 1923 - September 22, 2019) was the Senator of California from November 4, 1992 until his passing.

Before becoming Senator, Johnson was CEO of Johnson Industries from 1967 to 1981, when he was ousted by Phil Stacker, who had just bought the company, and ran for President in 1988 but lost the Democratic nomination to Michael Dukakis, who eventually lost the election to George H.W. Bush.

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For more, see Death and funeral of Sheldon Johnson (Johnsonverse).

Johnson died on September 22, 2019 of congestive heart failure at the age of 96. Shortly after his death, all Johnson-owned networks (except Cartoon Network, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, and The NASCAR Network) ceased all programming as Tom Stephenson delivered the news to a stunned nation; WBC, all ESPN networks, The Nashville Network, Comedy Central, WBC News Network, Game Show Network, and A&E simulcast all coverage of Johnson's funeral services, in tandem with ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, and BBC America. A state funeral service was held on September 25.



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