CNBC: Billionaire and former presidential candidate Ross Perot is dead at 89
Perot, who ran for president twice, died after a five-month battle with leukemia, a representative for the Perot family said.
The Texas billionaire founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962.
That interview with The News would be his last. His parting words: "Texas born. Texas bred. When I die, I'll be Texas dead. Ha!" https://t.co/Jq1DC2fH03
— Peter Hamby (@PeterHamby) July 9, 2019
