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William H. Gates Sr., Bill Gates's Father and Foundation Guiding Hand, Dies at 94
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William H. Gates Sr., the prominent Seattle attorney and civic leader who fathered the Microsoft co-founder, died on September 14, 2020, at age 94, of Alzheimer's disease at his home on Hood Canal, Washington. He helped launch and shape the family's philanthropy — establishing the William H. Gates Foundation in 1994, a precursor to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — and served for years as its co-chair, lending it early credibility and judgment. A longtime advocate for the estate tax and progressive causes, he authored books including 'Showing Up for Life.' Bill Gates wrote that nearly everything he did was shaped by his father's example; the elder Gates's Alzheimer's also helped motivate Bill's later funding of dementia research.
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