R.I.P. walmarts Billionaire Dies in Plane Crash

[Mayet]

Son of founder Sam Walton

John Walton, a billionaire heir of retail giant Wal-Mart, died when the home-built plane he was flying crashed in a national park in Wyoming, authorities said.

Mr Walton's plane crashed shortly after taking off from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, the National Park Service said in a statement.

The cause of the accident was not immediately known.

"Walton, the pilot and sole occupant of the aircraft, died on impact and was later pronounced dead at the scene by Teton County coroner, Bob Campbell," the statement said.

A park spokeswoman said Mr Walton, 58, was an experienced pilot.

Mr Walton was the world's 11th richest person with a net worth exceeding $A23.4 billion, according to Forbes magazine.

Through Walton Enterprises, LLC, he and the rest of the Walton family owned about 40 per cent of Wal-Mart shares, according to Wal-Mart's regulatory filings.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...6/s1402137.htm


Tis a sad day at Walmarts...

[Platypus]

Unfortunately the money doesn't cushion the landing...

[TechZ]

Nor can you take it with you.

[El_Squid]

All that loot and he's flying around in a home built airplane?

[Ferrit]

It does sound like a walmart plane

[El_Squid]

It does sound like a walmart plane

LOL

[NooNoo]

Perhaps those that disagreed with his policy of censoring music and other products decided it was time he went and asked his God if it was a good policy...

A home built plane is possibly an easy target...

[In The Wind]

Many of the reports I have looked at call this airplane an "ultralight". Ultralight is another word for motorized cinder block with collapsing wings, JMHO.

I imagine he had fun with regardless, don't you think?

[inferno_gn]

Hi there,

Made in China? That's how bad things are from Walmart. Honestly, don't really care about rich peoples.

I stop buying things there anymore, after watching where the products from China and India came from, it's slave-labor!

Ju Leon...