When did Helen Walton die?

Helen Walton was a philanthropist and arts advocate who was dedicated to her community in Bentonville, Arkansas, where she founded a committee to establish a national museum of arts.

Helen Watson died on April 19, 2007, of heart failure. She had an estimated net worth of $16.4 billion at the time of her death and controlled 8.1% of Wal-Mart.

Ms Walton is survived by her brother, Frank Robson, her three children, Samuel Robson Walton, Jim C. Walton, and Alice Louise Walton, eight grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

Helen suffered from dementia for the last eight years of her life, yet she found comfort in drawing watercolours. “They’re abstract but lyrical and beautiful,” her daughter Alice told Forbes in October 2013.

Helen Walton was a key supporter and important figure in the development of the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in 1987.

Helen founded the “Walton Scholars” scholarship programme, which assists 150 students each year, and assisted in the creation of a programme that brings students from Central America to the United States to study democracy and free enterprise.