By jdubble07
(2019-01-28)William Close was an American surgeon who played a major role in stemming a 1976 outbreak of the Ebola virus in Zaire, the first major outbreak of the viral hemorrhagic fever in Central Africa, and preventing its further spread. He served as the personal physician to Zaire's ruler Mobutu Sese Seko. Close died of a heart attack in this home in 2009. It is now owned by his daughter, Tina. One of his 5 children, is actress Glenn Close.