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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 26 > Simplot, Idaho spud king and computer chip maker

Simplot, Idaho spud king and computer chip maker

By John Miller / The Bulletin
May 26, 2008

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

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

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