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==Personal life== Piëch reportedly had [[Porsche–Piëch family#Piëch descendants of Louise Porsche|12 children]] from four different women,<ref name = "Auto" /> though an obituary published by ''[[The Detroit News]]'' mentioned him having [[Porsche–Piëch family#Piëch descendants of Louise Porsche|13 children]].<ref name = "Detobit">{{Cite web |url=https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2019/08/27/ferdinand-piech-longtime-volkswagen-patriarch-dies/40035159/ |title=Ferdinand Piech, Longtime Volksawgen Patriarch Dies |access-date=28 August 2019 |archive-date=27 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827174951/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/obituaries/2019/08/27/ferdinand-piech-longtime-volkswagen-patriarch-dies/40035159/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was married to his second wife Ursula Piëch from 1984 to his death, he lived with her in retirement in [[Salzburg, Austria]].<ref name = "Detobit" /> One of his sons, Toni Piëch, is the founder of car company [[Piëch Automotive]]. Piëch was [[Dyslexia|dyslexic]],<ref name = "Auto" /> and he had a vast car collection that included two [[Bugatti Veyron]]s regularly driven by him and his wife. Piëch collapsed suddenly on 25 August 2019 while having dinner with his wife in Aschau near [[Rosenheim]], [[Oberbayern]]. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. A specific cause of death was not released.<ref>[https://www.dw.com/en/ferdinand-piech-long-time-vw-patriarch-dies-at-82/a-50174854 Ferdinand Piech, Long Time VW Patriarch Dies at 82]</ref>
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