Oil Pioneer McClendon, Charged in Bid Rigging, Dies in Crash

  • Speeding car crashed and burned in Oklahoma City Wednesday
  • McClendon known as innovator during long tenure at Chesapeake

Ex-Chesapeake CEO McClendon Dies in Car Crash

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Aubrey McClendon, the billionaire oilman who was instrumental in launching the U.S. shale energy revolution, died in a car crash in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning.

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