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CEO of chip maker Micron dies in plane crash (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2005 file photo, Steve Appleton, CEO and chairman of Micron Technology Inc., looks out through the engine compartment of his stunt jet airplane inside the hanger where he keeps several different types of aircraft  in Boise, Idaho. Appleton, has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, in Boise. He was 51. (AP Photo/Troy Maben, File)AP - The head of memory chip maker Micron, long known for taking risks in stunt piloting, died Friday when a small experimental plane he was piloting steeply banked, stalled and crashed near an Idaho runway.


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