US billionaire Ross Perot, who twice ran for president, passes away

Ross Perot, a billionaire who twice ran for president as an independent, passed away on Tuesday. He was 89. Perot had leukemia, Dallas News reported, saying the illness was diagnosed in February. Perot rose from Depression-era poverty to become one of the nation’s richest men as the founder of computer services giant Electronic Data Systems.

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