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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2005 file photo, Steven Appleton, chairman of the board, CEO and president of Micron Technology, Inc., speaks after Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner announced Micron will create 860 new high-tech jobs during an announcement ceremony at the company's Manassas, Va. location. Appleton has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012,in Boise, Idaho. He was 51. (AP Photo/Potomac News, Perer Cihelka) MANDATORY CREDIT

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FILE - In this Nov. 4, 2005 file photo, Steven Appleton, chairman of the board, CEO and president of Micron Technology, Inc., speaks after Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner announced Micron will create 860 new high-tech jobs during an announcement ceremony at the company's Manassas, Va. location. Appleton has died in a small plane crash Friday, Feb. 3, 2012,in Boise, Idaho. He was 51. (AP Photo/Potomac News, Perer Cihelka) MANDATORY CREDIT

Steve Appleton, daredevil CEO of memory chip maker Micron, dies in Boise plane crash

BOISE, Idaho - 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.

Steve Appleton, who survived a similar crash eight years ago and had a reputation ...

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