For the British-American businessman and founder of Close Brothers, see William Brooks Close.
American physician
William Close
Born
William Taliaferro Close
(1924-06-07)June 7, 1924
Greenwich, Connecticut, US
Died
January 15, 2009(2009-01-15) (aged 84)
Big Piney, Wyoming, US
Alma mater
Harvard College Columbia University
Spouse
Bettine Moore
(m. 1943)
Children
5; including Glenn
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