John Walton

 

 

Age: 58

 

Summary: son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and heir to the Wal-Mart fortune who was No. 11 on the Forbes list of the world's richest people with a net worth of $18.2 billion, but who threw his considerable financial support behind efforts to educate low-income children founding the Children's Scholarship Fund to provide low-income families with money to send their children to private schools.

 

 

Cause of Death: Airplane accident

 

Born: October 8, 1946

 

Died: June 27, 2005

 

Location: Jackson, Wyoming