richard leroy walters
July 29th, 2009
Richard Leroy Walters was homeless when he died two years ago at age 76. He left an estate of $4 million dollars to serveral non-profits, including NPR. PHOTOS, VIDEO. This story piqued my interest and set me to reflecting. There are many interesting facets to Mr. Walters and his legacy. The one Richard Leroy Walters that seemed most paradoxical to me was the fact that Mr. Walters was an atheist who Richard Leroy Walters was a homeless man that lived in Phoenix, Arizona until his recent death. A retired, well educated, and apparently very wealthy man, Walters left NPR and several other organizations $400000 each.