July 27, 2009
By Mark Memmott
As All Things Considered host Robert Siegel says, the "funders" heard on NPR rarely spark much curiousity. They are, after all, pretty straight-forward. But this one caught Robert's ear:
Robert wondered: Who was this Richard Leroy Walters?
As Robert will tell listeners today on ATC, Walters was wealthy -- but didn't live like it:
A friend of Walters, Rita Belle, says the one-time electrical engineer -- who died in August 2007 -- had just decided to give up nearly all his worldly posessions:
There's more about Walters in this Mission of Mercy newsletter. And Robert's conversation with Rita Belle will be on the air later today. Click here to find an NPR station near you.
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