Bill Gates Sr., Father of Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies at 94

Bill Gates Sr., Father of Microsoft Co-Founder, Dies at 94
Bill Gates Sr. talks to reporters in Seattle, Wash., on April 21, 2010. Ted S. Warren/AP Photo
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SEATTLE—William H. Gates II, a lawyer and philanthropist best known as the father of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has died at 94.

Gates died peacefully Monday at his beach home in Washington state from Alzheimer’s disease, the family announced Tuesday.