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Corporate Raider Pickens Dies at 91

Reuters

   T. Boone Pickens, a celebrated corporate raider and energy industry
   magnate who made an empire out of an initial $2,500 investment, died
   Wednesday at age 91, hisspokesman said.
   The Oklahoma-born tycoon, known for his folksy speech and ruthless
   business acumen, died of natural causes. He had suffered from health
   problems following a fall in 2017.
   Pickens announced in January last year that he was closing his BP
   Capital energy hedge fund because of declining health, although he had
   "no intention of fading away." He previously hadacknowledged having
   several strokes in late 2016 and in July 2017 suffered a fall that
   required hospitalization.

   Pickens died at approximately 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT), his spokesman,
   Jay Rosser, said.
   Plans for memorial services in Dallas, Texas, and Stillwater, Oklahoma,
   were pending, according to a statement on his website.

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