Simplot Memorial Draws 1000

Item: Idaho takes hat off to icon J.R. Simplot: Crowd at Qwest remembers the maverick, the gambler, the potato magnate/IStatesman

More Info: Simplot died on May 25 at 99. Two weeks earlier, he had celebrated the birth of his first great-great-grandchild. Son Don Simplot said his father was convinced he would live to be 100, and the family was, too. “He was doing so well,” Don Simplot said with a laugh. “I was sure he had some money on it. He bet on everything.”

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Question: Do you know any self-made men or women, like Simplot, who has affected your life?