| Waylon Smithers, Sr.
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Waylon J. Smithers, Sr. is Waylon J. Smithers, Jr.'s dad and was Mr. Burns assistant at the Nuclear Power Plant.
History
He died of radiation poisoning due to sacrificing his life to save Springfield and especially his son. After his death his corpse was disposed of by being placed down a drainage pipe because Mr. Burns said that cover-ups were all the rage back then. It is later discovered by a young Homer while swimming in the watering hole which traumatized him for life. Homer later remembered this incident, many years later, and remembering caused him to scream for several days. After investigating it with his family, he discovers the skeleton and Bart shows the skull to Mr. Burns whom tells the story of his heroic death as he died stopping the reactor core from having a melt down. Smithers finally finds out the truth as Burns shows the film to The Simpsons. Burns had previously told Smithers that his father had been killed by Amazon women. Afterwards, Homer takes the skull and places it in his memory box.
As Smithers' mother is never mentioned, and Burns raised young Waylon after his father's death, it can be presumed the elder Smithers was a widower.
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