Nelda cain pickens biography

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    Paul J. Williams

    In the late s, as the Texas economy was recovering from a real estate crisis, a friend of Paul J’s decided that, for Halloween, he was going to dress up as a wealthy Texas widow who had resorted to selling real estate after the death of her husband. This particular friend affected a gravelly voice to go along with this characterization. About this same time, a Texas-based magazine published a humor column about the rebounding real estate market which featured a tongue-in-cheek sampling of what real estate terms REALLY meant. The collision of these two events exploded into an idea in Paul J’s mind, and one of his most long-lasting characters was born.

    Nelda Pickens

    Rather than keeping the realtor a wealthy widow, Paul J. had it in his mind to make her a never-married, bee-hived, chain smoking character based in a working class neighborhood. Christened Nelda Pickens, the fictitious name was a combination of a first name which Paul J. felt was sufficiently working

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    T. Boone Pickens

    American financier (–)

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    Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.


    ()May 22,

    Holdenville, Oklahoma, U.S.

    DiedSeptember 11, () (aged&#;91)

    Dallas, Texas, U.S.

    Alma&#;materOklahoma State University (BS)
    OccupationChairman of BP Capital Management
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    Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. (May 22, &#;– September 11, ) was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the s. As of November , Pickens had a net worth of $ million.

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    On left, T. Boone Pickens with his fifth wife, Toni Brinker; on right, Pickens' fourth wife, Madeleine Pickens. Credit: Getty

    T. Boone Pickens’ fem ex-wives are, in beställning of chronology, Lynn O’Brien, Beatrice Carr, Nelda Cain, Madeleine Pickens, and Toni Chapman Brinker, respectively.

    Pickens died at 91 years old on Wednesday; news of his death was confirmed by the official Twitter account for his foundation. The press release for his death reads in part, “The long-time Dallas resident, who had battled back from a series of strokes and further head injuries sustained in a fall, died of natural causes surrounded bygd friends and family on September 11, , according to spokesman Jay Rosser.”

    Pickens was married to O’Brien from ; he also had his four biological children with her. Then he married Beatrice Carr and adopted her daughter; they were married from Then he married Nelda Cain fro ; shortly after, he married Madeleine Pickens and they were