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21-year-old grandson of Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens died Tuesday
after being rushed to a hospital in Fort Worth, according to police and a
family spokesman.
Thomas
Boone Pickens IV, who went by Ty, was a junior at Texas Christian
University. Pickens' spokesman, Jay Rosser, called the death an
"unspeakable family tragedy" and asked that the family be allowed to
grieve in private.
Neither Rosser nor Fort Worth police have said what may have caused the death.
Officers
were dispatched after getting a report of a dead person at an
off-campus location around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, police spokeswoman Cpl.
Tracey Knight said. Police said Ty Pickens was transported to a
hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Knight said the Tarrant County medical examiner would determine the cause of death. She declined further comment.
The
elder Pickens made much of his fortune in oil drilling but has since
become an advocate for alternative energy. The 84-year-old also is
active in politics and has donated millions of dollars to his alma
mater, Oklahoma State University, and various other causes.
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