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Father of Microsoft Co founder, Bill Gates is dead

Bill William H. Gates II is dead.
Gates who is a lawyer and philanthropist popularly known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates died at age 94.
According to reports obtained by OnyxNews Nigeria, Gates died peacefully on Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, a family source has announced on Tuesday.
“Deep commitment to social and economic equity,” noting that he was responsible for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s first efforts to improve global health as well as his advocacy for progressive taxation, especially not successful efforts to pass a state income tax on the wealthy in Washington.
“My dad’s wisdom, generosity, empathy, and humility had a huge influence on people around the world,” Bill Gates son wrote in a tribute.
Born in 1925 in Bremerton, Washington, where his parents owned a furniture store. He joined the Army following his freshman year at the University of Washington and was en route to Japan when it surrendered in 1945.
He served a year in war-torn Tokyo before returning to the United States and resuming his education, his family said. After earning his law degree in 1950, he began working in private practice and as a part-time Bremerton city attorney.
He formed a Seattle law firm with two other partners that eventually became Preston Gates and Ellis — now known as K & L Gates, one of the world’s largest law firms. The firm was one of the first to work with the region’s technology industry.
Gates retired from law in 1998 and took on prominent roles with the Gates Foundation, helping launch its work in global health.
The family source said, due to restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a memorial service would be held later.
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