Potato and computer chip king, dead at 99

Filed under Accidents & deaths, John Simplot
May 26, 2008 4:12 pm

Billionaire J.R. Simplot, the spud king of America whose wealth also helped create one of the world’s biggest computer chipmakers, died Sunday at his Boise home. He was 99.

Ada County Coroner Erwin Sonnenberg said Simplot apparently died of natural causes.

The quintessential Idaho farmer increasingly dominated the state’s business and political landscape for 70 years, and the company that bears his name remains a powerful force today — in Idaho and beyond.

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http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2008-05-25-obit-simplot_N.htm?csp=34

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