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"Ford motor Co. Leader William Clay Ford Dies At 88"

               - Time Magazine

On March 9, 2014 the associated press of Time magazine published an article. In the interesting yet devastating article, “Ford Motor Co. Leader William ClayFord Dies At 88” the associated press discuses the death of man who helped guide the Ford motor company for over fifty years. William Ford, employee and board member of the company for more than half of its time, was also the last surviving grandson of the company’s founder, Henry ford. Ford was s great businessman as well as a humanitarian who had dedicated his whole life to the community and the motor company. William Clay Ford was also the owner and vice chairman of the NFL team Detroit Lions. The company had stated that he had passed at the age of eighty-eight in his home, because of pneumonia. The company had also stated that his absence would be truly noticeable due to the fact that he was “ instrumental” in the works to setting the designs for the vehicles of the company. As said by many of his coworkers as well as Alan Mullaly, CEO of Ford Motor Co., William Clay Ford “ had a profound impact on the company.” His presence in the company as well as the community will truly be missed.