Mort Meyerson photographed at his home, a restored DP&L building, with the Excalibur sword that was presented to him by Ross Perot Sr. on Friday, May 31, 2019, in Dallas. Smiley N. Pool / Staff ...

DALLAS -- H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89.

Morton Herbert Meyerson, Ross Perot’s frequent collaborator in business and whose name graces the Dallas symphony hall, died in the early morning on Aug. 5, his family said. He had been battling ...