Rob Ford: May 28, 1969—March 22, 2016 (Video still via CTV)

Rob Ford, Toronto's crack-smoking former mayor, has died of cancer at 46.

Ford had battled the disease since 2014.

Ford's antics—racially insensitive remarks, cavalier driving habits, alcoholism, an infamous video showing him using drugs—made him a big star, but also resulted in his being stripped of his mayoral powers. He still served as mayor through November 2014.

Some of the, um, highlights of his public life: