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I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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