Helen Walton Age: How Old Was Helen Walton When She Died?

Helen Walton was a philanthropist and prominent arts advocate, dedicated to her community in Bentonville, Arkansas where she instituted a committee for a national museum of arts.

Helen was the valedictorian of her high school class in Claremore, Oklahoma, and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma at Norman with a degree in finance.

Helen Walton Age

Helen Walton was born on December 3, 1919 and she died on April 19, 2007. How old was Helen Walton when she died? Helen Walton died at the age of 87.

Helen married Sam Walton on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1943, in Claremont.

When Sam Walton died in 1992, he left his ownership in Wal-Mart to Helen and their four children.

In 2002, as Helen Walton was the president of the Walton Family Foundation, a $300 million donation was made to the University of Arkansas, the biggest donation ever made to a public university in the United States.

This donation was preceded by a $50 million donation to the same university’s School of Business.

Helen also established a scholarship program called the “Walton Scholars,” which helps 150 students annually and helped create a program meant to move students from Central America to the U.S. to learn about democracy and free enterprise.

In the last eight years of her life, Helen suffered from dementia but gained peace painting watercolors.