Updated at 12:55 p.m. ET
Ross Perot, the colorful Texas billionaire businessman who twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, died early Tuesday at his home in Dallas. He was 89.
Perot, who had battled leukemia, was surrounded by family members when he died, his family said in a statement.
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