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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (left) and his father William Henry Gates. Photo: collected
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Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (left) and his father William Henry Gates. Photo: collected
William Henry Gates, 94, father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has passed away. Confirming the news of his father’s death, Bill Gates wrote on his official blog: “We are all very lucky to have this man for so long.”
William Gates, known as Bill Gates Sr., was a former Army officer and founding partner of the Seattle Law Firm.
According to the Wall Street Journal, William was a philanthropist who helped Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
The family said he died Monday at a beach house in Hood Canal, Washington. She couldn’t remember anything or she had Alzheimer’s disease.
Bill Gates writes that his father was instrumental in leaving Microsoft and focusing on a charity called Bill & Melinda Gates.
“The place where the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is located would not have been possible without Dad,” said Bill Gates.
He also served as co-chair of the foundation, which began in 2000.
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