From "Trusting Trusted Servants:"

"A few hours later, Bill [W.] said goodbye: 'I went down the steps
and then turned to look back. Bob stood in the doorway, tall and
upright as ever...This was my partner, the man with whom I never had a
hard word. The wonderful, old, broad smile was on his face as he said
almost jokingly, 'Remember, Bill, let's not louse this thing up. Let's
keep it simple!' I turned away, unable to say a word. That was the
last time I ever saw him.'
"Dr. Bob died at noon the following Thursday, November 16 [1950]."

c. 1984, 'PASS IT ON'...The story of Bill Wilson and
how the A.A. message reached the world, page 342

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