Don Tyson, retired president and CEO of Tyson Foods, has died of cancer at age 80. He was chairman of the company from 1977 to 1991, a period during which the family poultry business grew from $50 million to $10 billion in revenue. His death brought on outpouring of tributes from politicians, friends and associates who remembered him as a down-home figure who worked hard and played hard.
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The company’s statement and obituary follows, along with a statement from Bill Clinton: