58-year-old John Walton, one of world's richest, was piloting ultralight craft
BREAKING NEWS
Updated: 9:29 p.m. ET June 27, 2005
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - John Walton, the son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and a member of the company’s board, died Monday in a plane crash in Wyoming.
Walton, 58, was piloting the ultralight that crashed shortly after takeoff from the Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, the company said.
In March, Forbes Magazine listed Walton as No. 11 on its list of the world’s richest people, with a net worth of $18.2 billion, tied with his brother Jim Walton.
Walton had been a member of the board of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. since 1992. Company spokeswoman Mona Williams said the company notified its employees worldwide late Monday of his death.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8381553/(my heart breaks for them :sarcasm:)
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