Sam Walton's widow dies

Helen Walton, whose family had a little bit of money that her husband Sam invested wisely: first in some Ben Franklin variety stores, then his own Wal-Mart, died earlier Thursday evening. She was 87. RIP.

Without Helen, there probably wouldn't have been a Wal-Mart corporation.

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