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Melinda’s long journey away from Bill Gates’ shadow

Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they are divorcing after being married for 27 years. [Courtesy]

When Melinda French Gates asked her husband, Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) co-founder Bill Gates, to let her co-author the 2013 annual letter about their foundation, the conversation blew up into a fight.

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