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Ross Perot (July 9, age 89)
Ross Perot, the billionaire from Texas who twice ran for U.S. president in the 1990s, died Tuesday, July 9 in his hometown of Dallas at the age of 89. Perot had been suffering from leukemia.
Before earning billions in the computer business, Perot was a Navy officer, an IBM salesman and also a philanthropist who was a major supporter of education and vehemently against drugs. He founded and served as the chief executive officer of information tech services companies Perot Systems and Electronic Data Systems, and also ran for president in 1992 as an Independent and again in 1996 as a third-party candidate from the Reform Party, which he helped form.
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