Walton was born on October 8, 1946 and died on June 27, 2005, he was a war veteran and son of Sam Walton. Walton co-founded a charity called the Children's Scholarship Fund which provided scholarships for underprivileged teenagers. In high school he was a star football player. John dropped out of the College of Wooster in 1968 to devote time to playing the flute and enlisted in the United States Army. He received a Silver Star for bravery in combat. After the Army, Walton learned to fly and worked as a pilot for Wal-Mart. He was a skier, mountain biker, hiker, motorcyclist, diver and skydiver. John died in an “experimental plane” crash in Jackson, Wyoming. Before his death, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $18.2 billion. John left his belongings to his wife Christy and their son