furnished them with food and drink as prohibited by Article X Section 3 of the Tennessee Constitution. In 2006 Hooker filed to run for the Democratic nomination for both governor of Tennessee and United States Senator. Despite refusing to raise or spend any money in these efforts, Hooker finished third in the senatorial primary and second in the gubernatorial primary held on August 3. He ran for Governor as an Independent in the 2014 election, and in 2015 worked to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Tennessee. On January 24, 2016, John Jay Hooker died of cancer at the age of 85. References External links John Jay Hooker Center for Election & Campaign Finance Reform Short Hooker biography from Middle Tennessee State University site Tish Hooker on Oprah , Interview from 2003 Craig Boerner, , The City Paper, November 22, 2004 |- 1930 births 2016 deaths Businesspeople from Tennessee United States Army Judge Advocate General's Corps People from Nashville, Tennessee Sewanee: The University of the South alumni Tennessee Democrats Tennessee Independents Tennessee lawyers Vanderbilt University Law School alumni 20th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American lawyers