Legendary Texas billionaire Henry Ross Perot, perhaps best known for his run as an independent candidate in the 1992 presidential campaign, died Tuesday at his home in Dallas, NBC 5 has confirmed.

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.

Ross Perot, Billionaire and Former Politician, Dead at 89 According to family spokesman James Fuller, Perot died after a short battle with leukemia. James Fuller, via statement James Fuller, via ...