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                         Ford Motor Company Leader Dies

   William Clay Ford Sr., the last surviving grandchild of Ford Motor
   Company founder Henry Ford, has died.
   He was the father of William Clay Ford Jr., currently the executive
   chairman of the automaker. The elder Ford died of pneumonia at his
   suburban Detroit, Michigan home on Sunday. He was 88.
   Ford joined the automaker`s sales and advertising staff after
   graduating from Yale University in 1949. He was elected to the
   company`s board of directors the year before he graduated and served
   until his retirement in 2005 -- more than half the automaker`s 110-year
   history.
   Ford`s survivors include his wife of 66 years, Martha Firestone Ford,
   granddaughter of Harvey Firestone, the founder of the Firestone tire
   company.
   Ford also owned the Detroit Lions professional American football team
   in the NFL.
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