DALLAS — Before December 2016, when he was staggered by the first of what would be multiple strokes, T. Boone Pickens was among the busier and more vibrant 88-year-olds on the planet.
Five days a week, there were 6:30 a.m. treadmill-and-weights workouts. During a typical Friday, he might have breakfast in Dallas, lunch in New York and dinner at his 68,000-acre Mesa Vista ranch in the Texas Panhandle.
Now, his routine includes frequent sessions of speech and physical therapy.
A Holdenville native, Pickens turns 90 on Tuesday.
Any profile of Pickens includes references to him as a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s and to his five divorces.