William Clay Ford Jr. , the company 's former president and current executive chairman , remembered his father as a `` great business leader and humanitarian '' as well as `` a wonderful family man . '' William Clay Ford dies suddenly at his home from pneumonia , car company says . He had worked or been on the board at Ford Motor Company for many years . He also owned the NFL 's Detroit Lions since 1963 . Ford calls him a ` ` wonderful business man '' ; Barry Sanders says he was a ` ` visionary ''
William Clay Ford dies suddenly at his home from pneumonia , car company says . He had worked or been on the board at Ford Motor Company for many years . He also owned the NFL 's Detroit Lions since 1963 . Ford calls him a ` ` wonderful business man '' ; Barry Sanders says he was a ` ` visionary ''