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Topline: Legendary energy tycoon and hedge fund manager T. Boone Pickens died at 91 on Wednesday after being in declining health following a major fall and a series of strokes in 2017. Forbes ranked Pickens as a billionaire in 2013, but he soon he fell off The Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. At the time, he tweeted to his more than 110,000 followers: "Don't worry. At $950 million, I'm doing fine. Funny, my $1 billion charitable giving exceeds my net worth." The biggest recipient of his philanthropy has been Oklahoma State University, his alma mater. According to a Forbes profile in 2014, he had given OSU $500 million, with $165 million for the athletics department. His name is on the football stadium and the school of geology. Usually described as a “corporate raider,” he told Forbes in 2014: “I prefer the term ‘shareholder activist.’” Pickens was a Forbes contributor , writing about philanthropy and offering advice .  Key background...