son of sam crash

anyone have details??



Press Release Source: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Philanthropist and Entrepreneur John Walton Killed in Airplane Crash
Monday June 27, 8:19 pm ET

BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- It is with great
sorrow that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., announces the death of John Walton.
A Vietnam War hero, member of the Wal-Mart Board of Directors and
philanthropist, Walton was killed when the ultra-light aircraft he was
piloting crashed shortly after take-off from the Jackson Hole Airport
in Grand Teton National Park. The crash occurred at approximately 1:20
p.m. CDT and the cause has not yet been determined. Walton, 58, was the
aircraft's sole occupant.

dan

http://edition.cnn.com/2005/US/06/27/obit.walton/

"houstondan" wrote in message
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anyone have details??



Press Release Source: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Philanthropist and Entrepreneur John Walton Killed in Airplane Crash
Monday June 27, 8:19 pm ET

BENTONVILLE, Ark., June 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- It is with great
sorrow that Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., announces the death of John Walton.
A Vietnam War hero, member of the Wal-Mart Board of Directors and
philanthropist, Walton was killed when the ultra-light aircraft he was
piloting crashed shortly after take-off from the Jackson Hole Airport
in Grand Teton National Park. The crash occurred at approximately 1:20
p.m. CDT and the cause has not yet been determined. Walton, 58, was the
aircraft's sole occupant.

dan

I am sorry to hear of any pilot buying the farm...
But the vultures will be circling after that crash...
$20B up for grabs in the insane american legal system...
Should be entertaining to watch...

denny

"Denny" wrote in message
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I am sorry to hear of any pilot buying the farm...
But the vultures will be circling after that crash...
$20B up for grabs in the insane american legal system...

Perhaps he left a will.

--Gary

Perhaps he left a will
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picture hysterical laughter from one who has seen wills ground into
puree in a courtroom....

$20B weighs a lot more than a 2 ounce sheaf of LW&T...

IF a big if his estate is iron clad encased in family trusts and
corporations in multiple layers, and the rest of Mr. Sam's inheritees,
of both Sr. and Jr., are all getting a slice big enough to satiate
their appetites, then it will go down quietly... But let there be just
one who feels short changed, and you can bet there will be a decade of
blood splattering on the courtroom walls... A lawyers one third share
of even a small chunk of a $20B estate will have the sharks slashing at
each other to discover that shirt tail relative living in a trailer in
the boonies...

As I said, this will be interesting to watch...

"Denny" wrote in message
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IF a big if his estate is iron clad encased in family trusts and
corporations in multiple layers, and the rest of Mr. Sam's inheritees,
of both Sr. and Jr., are all getting a slice big enough to satiate
their appetites, then it will go down quietly...

Has it often occurred that a multibillionaire businessperson's will left
room for a legal challenge that wasn't quickly and easily disposed of?

--Gary

("Gary Drescher" wrote)
I am sorry to hear of any pilot buying the farm...
But the vultures will be circling after that crash...
$20B up for grabs in the insane american legal system...

Perhaps he left a will.


Another Mormon will?


Montblack

CNN reported this morning that his ex-wife (a judge) had nothing but
nice things to say about the deceased.

Hopefully he arrange stuff with his attorneys before hand and has his
assests locked up in trusts for his kids. The liberals of the world get
sick when they see someone successful and will want to try to play
Robin Hood.

"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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Hopefully he arrange stuff with his attorneys before hand and has his
assests locked up in trusts for his kids. The liberals of the world get
sick when they see someone successful and will want to try to play
Robin Hood.

Uh, right. I'm sure such estate-tax supporters as Warren Buffett, George
Soros, David Rockefeller Jr., and Bill Gates Sr. "get sick when they see
someone successful".

It's astonishing what bizarre stereotypes some people can convince
themselves are true (assuming you even care if what you say is true).

Buffett, in particular, praised "'the critical role' that he said the estate
tax played in promoting economic growth, by helping create a society in
which success is based on merit rather than inheritance" (NY Times
interview, Feb. 14, 2001). "Mr. Buffett said repealing the estate tax 'would
be a terrible mistake,' the equivalent of 'choosing the 2020 Olympic team
by picking the eldest sons of the gold-medal winners in the 2000 Olympics.'"

--Gary