Helen Walton | |
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Born | Helen Robson December 3, 1919 Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Died | April 19, 2007 Bentonville, Arkansas, U.S. | (aged 87)
Alma mater | University of Oklahoma |
Known for | Walton family fortune |
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Relatives | Lukas Walton (grandson) Sybil Robson Orr (niece) |
Helen Robson Walton (December 3, 1919 – April 19, 2007) was an American philanthropist and prominent arts advocate, dedicated to being a grandmother and to her community in Bentonville, Arkansas where she instituted a committee for a national museum of arts. After 31 years of activity, the Arkansas Committee on the National Museum for Women in the Arts is the longest standing committee in the state.[1] She was also the wife of Walmart and Sam's Club founder Sam Walton. At one point in her life, she was the richest American and the eleventh-richest woman in the world.
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