Heir to Wal-Mart empire dies in plane crash

WAL-MART heir John Walton, the 11th richest person in the world, has been killed in the crash of a homemade, experimental aircraft.

Walton, of Jackson, Wyoming, who threw his considerable financial support behind efforts to educate low-income children, crashed shortly after take-off on Monday from Jackson Hole Airport in Grand Teton National Park, the company said. The cause of the crash was not known and will be investigated, officials said. Walton was 58.

“I think all you can say is he was just a good man and today, you grieve,” Jay Allen, Wal-Mart senior vice president of corporate affairs, told The Morning News of Springdale.