007 Wiry Gadfly (Ross Perot)

 

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This person died in 2019 at age 89. He had a squeaky, country-boy twang and ears that stuck out like on a Mad Magazine cover. He made a fortune in computer services. In 1979 he staged a commando raid that freed two of his employees from captivity in revolutionary Iran. He ran for president of the USA as a 3rd party candidate in 1992 and 1996. Today’s dead celebrity is H Ross Perot.

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