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Bill and Melinda Gates announced on Monday that they'd be divorcing after 27 years of marriage.
The couple met in 1987 and went on to establish one of the world's largest non-profit foundations.
Here, we take a look at the couple's decades-long romance, before it became undone.
From volunteering on the ground to attending fancy cocktail parties - Bill and Melinda Gates came as a pair.
Together, they built a charitable empire through Bill's technology company Microsoft and the massive non-profit they co-founded and co-chair, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
And when it came time to announce Monday the