- Besides his daughter Glenn Close, he is also survived by daughter Tina Close of Wilson, Wyoming; daughter Jessie Close of Bozeman, Montana; son Alexander D. Close of Belgrade, Montana; and daughter Tambu Misoki of Sacramento, California.
- He is survived by nine grandchildren.
- He served in the United States Army as a pilot during World War II.
- He studied at Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts; earned his medical degree from Columia University in New York City; and trained as a surgeon at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.
- He was a doctor missionary for the Moral Re-Armament from 1960 to 1977 in Zaire where he had a private practice and directed the 1,500 bed Mama Yemo hospital in Kinshasha and the Zairian national health service.
- He was both personal physician to President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire/Congo and chief doctor of their country's army at the time of the Ebola epidemic.
- He is best remembered as the doctor who helped control the Ebola epidemic in the Congo/Zaire from 1960 to 1978.
- He is survived by his twin brother, Edward B. Close Jr. of Littleton, Colorado.
- Father of actress Glenn Close.
- Close friend of Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Dr. Close was his personal physician and chief doctor of the national army. He helped control the spread of first Ebola epidemic in 1976 in Zaire and later became a leading researcher on the AIDS virus.
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