Given the question: Facts: - death place: st helier , jersey , channel islands - title: founder -rrb- chairman of blackburn rovers f.c. -lrb- 1991 -- 2000 and -rrb- chairman of flybe -lrb- 1979 -- 2000 - years active: 1942 -- 2000 - caption: jack walker statue outside ewood park - networth: # 600 million -lrb- us - death date: 17 august 2000 - birth date: 19 may 1929 - ethnicity: white british - nationality: british - image: jack walker memorial , ewood park , blackburn.jpg - birth place: shadsworth , lancashire , england - occupation: businessman industrialist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jack walker .
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jack walker -lrb- 19 may 1929 -- 17 august 2000 -rrb- was a british industrialist and businessman and a lifelong blackburn rovers fan , from blackburn , lancashire .walker invested tens of millions of pounds in blackburn rovers football club after amassing a personal fortune of # 600 million .he moved to st helier , jersey to become a tax exile in 1974 .he also funded the jersey rugby club and first tower football club .