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Line 76: − + − + + + − Then President and Mrs. [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] issued the following statement on Fay's death: "Albert was a close personal friend, and we will miss him greatly. He was a Texan through and through. He was a leader in building the Republican Party in Houston, starting in the early 1960s. Albert was a mentor who helped guide me in my early years in Texas politics, when getting Republicans elected was next to impossible. His service to the Republican Party has been invaluable."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=4017&year=1992&month=3|title=Bush statement on death of Albert Bel Fay|publisher=George Bush Presidential Library and Museum|accessdate=March 2, 1992; no longer on-line}}</ref> − George Bush Presidential Library and Museum: Public Papers - 1992 - March. [http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=4017&year=1992&month=3 ''Statement on the Death of Albert Bel Fay (1992-03-02)'']. Retrieved January 4, 2013.</ref>
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Fay is honored by the Albert Bel Fay Commodore's Trophy through the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club in Kemah, near Houston.
Fay is honored by the Albert Bel Fay Commodore's Trophy through the Texas Corinthian Yacht Club in Kemah, near Houston.
==Death==
==Death==
Fay died at the age of seventy-nine in Cuernavaca, the capital of the state of Morelos,, [[Mexico]]. He and Mrs. Fay are buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. He was a [[Presbyterian]].
Fay died at the age of seventy-nine in Cuernavaca, the capital of the state of Morelos,, [[Mexico]]. He and Mrs. Fay are buried at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston. He was a [[Presbyterian]].<ref name=bio/>
Then President and Mrs. [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] issued the following statement on Fay's death: "Albert was a close personal friend, and we will miss him greatly. He was a Texan through and through. He was a leader in building the Republican Party in Houston, starting in the early 1960s. Albert was a mentor who helped guide me in my early years in Texas politics, when getting Republicans elected was next to impossible. His service to the Republican Party has been invaluable."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/research/public_papers.php?id=4017&year=1992&month=3|title=Bush statement on death of Albert Bel Fay|publisher=George Bush Presidential Library and Museum|date=March 2, 1999|accessdate=January 4, 1992; no longer on-line}}</ref>