Rob Ford, the controversial former Toronto mayor who has made international headlines for his admitting to crack cocaine use and fits of public drunkenness, died Tuesday at the age of 46. His office announced his death Tuesday, but it has not yet confirmed a cause of death. Prior to his death, Ford had been receiving treatment for malignant liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, since 2014. Ford was largely popular with suburban conservatives in Toronto. In 2013, Ford admitted to smoking crack cocaine in one of his “drunken stupors.”
