I'M SURE HE DIED HAPPY...

Amway founder Jay Van Andel, who died in Ada, Michigan December 7 at the age of 80, made ten $100,000 donations to the Florida Republican Party in the months before his death, starting on July 27.

The St. Petersburg Times reported that the money was used in a massive get-out-the-vote effort in a state which at the time was considered cruicial to President Bush's victory in November. It is considered the largest contribution to a state party in Florida by an individual.