By DAVID KOENIG
AP Business Writer
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DALLAS (AP) � H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died.
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Family spokesman James Fuller says Perot died early Tuesday. He was 89.
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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 Corp.
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In 1992, Perot jumped into the presidential campaign as an independent candidate, challenging President George H.W. Bush and Democrat Bill Clinton.
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Perot drew nearly 19% of the vote, the biggest percentage for a third-party hopeful in 80 years. Republicans blamed him for Bush’s defeat.
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He had founded EDS in 1962 and sold control of it to General Motors for $2.5 billion in 1984. He later founded another company, Perot Systems.
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