Sam Walton was born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma in 1924 and went to Hickman High School and the University of Missouri, Columbia. He married Helen Robson and had four children - Jim C. Walton, John T. Walton, S. Robson Walton, and Alice Walton. Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in 1962 and passed away in 1992 from Multiple Myeloma, with S. Robson Walton now running Wal-Mart.