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==Personal life and death== [[File:(L-R) Larry Hagman, Ross Perot, Margot Perot and Suzanne Perot at the Rosewood Crescent Club (8392304697).jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|From left to right: [[Larry Hagman]], Ross Perot, Margot Perot and Suzanne Perot (in 1988)]] Perot and his wife Margot (nΓ©e Birmingham; born November 15, 1933),<ref>[https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-05-04-1992125174-story.html Margot Birmingham Perot biodata], BaltimoreSun.com. Accessed May 24, 2023.</ref> a graduate of [[Goucher College]], had five children ([[Ross Perot Jr.|Ross Jr.]], Nancy, Suzanne, Carolyn, and Katherine)<ref name="Hall" /> and 19 grandchildren.<ref name=Jackson /> Perot was raised in the [[Methodist]] faith, but he converted to [[Presbyterianism]] and became a member of the [[Highland Park Presbyterian Church (University Park, Texas)|Highland Park Presbyterian Church]] in late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-31-me-821-story.html |title=Contenders From Mainstream Faiths : Religion: Statistics give Bush, an Episcopalian, the best chance, followed by Perot, a Presbyterian. Only 2 Presidents have been Southern Baptists, Clinton's denomination. |date=31 October 1992 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> He was described as very faithful in church attendance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/1992/06/candidate-update-perot-prays-bush-and-clinton-address-gay/ |title=Candidate Update: Perot Prays; Bush and Clinton Address Gay Issues |date=22 June 1992 |website=[[Christianity Today]]}}</ref> Perot died from [[leukemia]] in [[Dallas]], Texas, on July 9, 2019, less than two weeks after his 89th birthday.<ref name=nyt/> At the time of his death, he had an estimated net worth of about $4.1 billion (${{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=4.1||r=1|start_year=2019|fmt=c}} billion in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}),<ref name="reuters-death">{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-ross-perot-idUSKCN1U41PL|title=U.S. billionaire Ross Perot, who shook up 1990s presidential politics, dead at 89|agency=Reuters|date=July 9, 2019|work=Reuters.com}}</ref> and was ranked by ''[[Forbes]]'' as the [[Forbes 400|167th-richest person in the United States]].<ref name="Forbes">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/list/#version:static |work=Forbes|title=Forbes 400: 2017 Ranking|date=October 2017 |access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref> He was buried at the [[Sparkman-Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery]] and a memorial service was held at [[Highland Park United Methodist Church]], with 1,300 invited guests.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fink |first1=Jack |title=Dallas Icon Ross Perot Remembered as Visionary, Philanthropist, Family Man |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/dfw/news/dallas-icon-ross-perot-remembered-visionary-philanthropist-family-man/ |access-date=July 17, 2019 |publisher=CBS |date=July 16, 2019}}</ref>
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