Richard DeVos, the billionaire co-founder of Amway and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died Thursday at 92. He also owned the Orlando Magic basketball team and, as a tax shelter, Magic Johnson himself. It's a great comfort to his family to know that only DeVos's physical shell has perished. I don't mean that metaphorically. His spirit is literally now residing in the healthy body of a former drifter who resembles a young Rock Hudson.

Amway was built on a highly personalized sales style that relied on a vast army of "distributors" or door-to-door salespeople. Before they launched the company, Mr. DeVos and Van Andel spent a decade refining their sales technique while peddling vitamins.

Mr. Devos drove a green Rolls-Royce, maintained a fleet of corporate jets and made round-the-world voyages on a huge yacht. At times, he flaunted his wealth to inspire his international army of distributors, which the company said numbered more than 1 million.

DeVos donated millions over his lifetime to Republican candidates and conservative causes. Thanks to the recent GOP tax scam bill, DeVos's estimated net worth of $5.5 billion should pass on to his heirs relatively untouched by greedy government hands. That's what Betsy DeVos would call a solid "return on their investment." The DeVos family does donate a great deal to causes they care about, including the anti-LGBT groups Family Research Council and Focus on the Family. That's not how I spell "philanthropy" but whatevs.