{"id":4511,"date":"2013-06-24T14:09:04","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T18:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/?p=4511"},"modified":"2013-06-24T14:09:04","modified_gmt":"2013-06-24T18:09:04","slug":"bill-marriott-pays-tribute-to-son-stephen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/verygoodpoints\/2013\/06\/24\/bill-marriott-pays-tribute-to-son-stephen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Marriott Pays Tribute To Son, Stephen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today Marriott announced that Bill Marriott&#8217;s son, Stephen, passed away at the age of 54. \u00a0Mr. Marriott paid tribute to his son in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogs.marriott.com\/\">Marriott On The Move Blog<\/a>. \u00a0It&#8217;s a very touching tribute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No parent should have to see their child die, and those who do are members of a club that no one wants to belong to.\u00a0 Donna and I lost our dear son, Stephen, this week at the age of 54.\u00a0 He had been diagnosed in his teens with a rare mitochondrial disease that slowly cost him his eyesight, his hearing, his strength, and finally, his life.\u00a0 Yet during all those decades since his diagnosis, we remained hopeful that the doctors would find a cure. 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