Bette Nesmith Graham for USD $47.5 million in 1979. At the time, her company employed 200 people and made 25 million bottles of Liquid Paper per year. Bette Nesmith died on May 12, 1980, at the age of 56, in Richardson, Texas. From the start, Graham ran her company with a unique combination of spirituality, egalitarianism, and pragmatism. Raised a Methodist, Graham converted to Christian Science in 1942, and this faith inspired the development of her corporate "Statement of Policy". Part-code of ethics, part-business philosophy, it covered everything from her belief in a "Supreme Being" to a focus on decentralized decision making and
Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) Joanne (Michael Nesmith song) "Joanne" is a song written and performed by Michael Nesmith. It was his only hit as a solo artist. The single was issued by RCA Records in 1970, from the album "Magnetic South", the first album released by Nesmith and The First National Band after he left The Monkees. In the United States, the song peaked at No. 21 on the "Billboard" Top 100 on 3 October 1970. It went to No. 4 in Canada, No. 3 in Australia, "Joanne" was the second single issued from "Magnetic South", following the release of "Little Red Rider" (which