This is the original New York Times Obituary for
William Griffith Wilson

(Bill W.) who died in 1971 at the age of 75.

(Approximately 63 column inches)

Bill Wilson in 1935 was the co founder of Alcoholics Anonymous,
and one of the first in modern times to recover from a disease
which had theretofore been irreversible. The program of
recovery which Alcoholics Anonymous developed and spread,
primarily byword-of-mouth and personal contact, has saved
millions of alcoholics and their family members from the effects
of what is a truly dreadful disease, all without demonizing alcohol.

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