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If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create an agency the size of NASA to build one.
Ross Perot
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Ross Perot
Age: 89 †
Born: 1930
Born: June 27
Died: 2019
Died: July 9
Businessman
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Henry Ross Perot
H. Ross Perot
Henry Ray Perot
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