Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart chain
Sam Walton, foudner of the Wal-Mart chain, died April 5, 1992 at the Uniuversity of Arkansas Medical Sciences Hospital in Little Rock. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer. Walton was 74. He is pictured addressing the stockholders at the 1991 stockholders meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. (UPI Photo/Files)
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