PHOTOS: Remembering Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon throughout the years
Napoleon passes away after battle with COVID-19
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon has died at the age of 65 after a battle with COVID-19, 7 Action News has learned. Napoleon was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov. 19 and hospitalized two days later.
Detroit mayor candidate Benny Napoleon concedes the race to ex-health care executive Mike Duggan during an election night watch party in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Unofficial returns showed Duggan leading Napoleon 55 percent to 45 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting. (AP PhotoCarlos Osorio)Photo by: Carlos Osorio/AP
Mayoral candidates Benny Napoleon, right and Mike Duggan, left, speak at a Detroit Economic Club meeting as moderator Carol Cain, center, listens during a conversation in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. Duggan and Napoleon received the most votes in the August primary and will face off in the Nov. 5 general election. Current Mayor Dave Bing chose not to seek re-election. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Photo by: Paul Sancya/AP
Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon speaks during a news conference in Detroit, Friday, May 14, 2010. A variety of high powered, loaded weapons, drugs and paraphernalia and items linked to a theft of a tractor trailer filled with items from a local retailer were recovered when a multi-agency task force interrupted a drug operation in a local neighborhood. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Photo by: Paul Sancya/AP
CORRECTS LAST NAME TO NAPOLEON, NOT NAPOLEAN - Detroit mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon, left, greets shoppers at the Meijer Shopping Plaza in Detroit, Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. Napoleon is running for mayor against Mike Duggan in the general election on Tuesday. The job of the next Detroit mayor is a job that will have little immediate power, as the debt-ridden metropolis is guided through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history by a state-appointed emergency manager. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Photo by: Carlos Osorio/AP
Detroit mayor candidate Benny Napoleon rallies the crowd after conceding the race to ex-health care executive Mike Duggan during an election night watch party in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Unofficial returns showed Duggan leading Napoleon 55 percent to 45 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting. (AP PhotoCarlos Osorio)Photo by: Carlos Osorio/AP
Detroit Police Chief Benny Napoleon, left, addresses the media outside police headquarters in Detroit, Thursday, March 22, 2001, as Deputy Chief Michael Hall, center, and Cmdr. Dennis Richardson, right, look on. Napoleon announced a formation of a task force that will investigate unsolved murders from 2000. He also denied allegations that homicide investigators have made indiscriminate arrests of suspects. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)Photo by: CARLOS OSORIO/Associated Press
Detroit mayor candidate Benny Napoleon is applauded as he arrives to give his concession speech during an election night watch party in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Unofficial returns showed Mike Duggan leading Napoleon 55 percent to 45 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting. (AP PhotoCarlos Osorio)Photo by: Carlos Osorio/AP
Detroit mayor candidate Benny Napoleon rallies the crowd after conceding the race to ex-health care executive Mike Duggan during an election night watch party in Detroit, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013. Unofficial returns showed Duggan leading Napoleon 55 percent to 45 percent with 99 percent of precincts reporting. (AP PhotoCarlos Osorio)Photo by: Carlos Osorio/AP
Mayoral candidate Benny Napoleon speaks at a Detroit Economic Club meeting in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. Mike Duggan and Napoleon received the most votes in the August primary and will face off in the Nov. 5 general election. Current Mayor Dave Bing chose not to seek re-election. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)Photo by: Paul Sancya/AP