Steve Appleton: Micron CEO Dead At 51

The CEO of Micron Technology, Steve Appleton, died in a small plane crash today in Boise, Idaho. He was 51.

Appleton worked at the company since 1983, starting on the night shift production line. Steve Appleton died piloting a Lancair experimental aircraft around Boise.

Steve Appleton is survived by his wife Dalynn and his children.

Micron is a major semiconductor supplier and most notably built a number of memorable laptops and hard drives during the early days of the dot com years. The company currently produces the Crucial and Lexar memory lines, among other hardware.

Good bye Mr. Steve Appleton, hope you’ll be happy in heaven now…