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Morton H. Meyerson, Dallas philanthropist and business leader, dies at 87

Dane Walters
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KERA

This is a breaking news story and will be updated.

Morton H. Meyerson, a business magnate and the namesake behind Dallas’ symphony hall, has died at age 87.

Meyerson had been battling prostate cancer since 2020, according to the The Dallas Morning News.

The Fort Worth native became a giant of the Dallas business scene.

Meyerson served as the president of Ross Perot’s Electronic Data Systems and was involved in its eventual sale to General Motors Corp. Later, he helped Perot build Perot Systems Corp where he served as chair.

Marcheta Fornoff is an arts reporter at KERA News. She previously worked at the Fort Worth Report where she launched the Weekend Worthy newsletter. Before that she worked at Minnesota Public Radio, where she produced a live daily program and national specials about the first 100 days of President Trump’s first term, the COVID-19 pandemic and the view from “flyover” country. Her production work has aired on more than 350 stations nationwide, and her reporting has appeared in The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Report, Texas Standard, Sahan Journal and on her grandmother’s fridge. She currently lives in Fort Worth with her husband and rescue dog. In her free time she works as an unpaid brand ambassador for the Midwest.