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Bill Gates’s grief as girl computer genius dies after epileptic fit aged just 16

Christopher Bedford Senior Editor, The Daily Caller
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Microsoft’s youngest professional has died, aged 16.

Condolences have poured in from around the world after the passing of promising young computer genius Arfa Karim Randhawa, from Faisalabad, Pakistan.

The teenager died on Saturday night after complications resulting from an epileptic stroke.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who offered to pay for Karim’s treatment, told the family he was sad to learn of her death and the loss of such a rare talent, her father said.

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