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William Agee with his wife, Mary Cunningham Agee, in 1983. Before they were married, she rose through the ranks at the Bendix Corporation when he was the chief executive but left the company under pressure amid allegations, which they both denied, that they were romantically involved.
Mario Suriani/Associated Press; thumbnail, Ron Galella/WireImage, via Getty Images, 1983
William Agee
Died on December 20, 2017 at age 79
At one time the very young chief executive of the Bendix Corporation, Mr. Agee came to be largely defined by the way he handled a relationship with one of his employees, touching off a national discussion about workplace behavior that reverberates today.
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