Richard Bass Dies at Age 85

07.28.15

Richard Bass Dies at Age 85

    "He was an epic Texan, filled with unbridled enthusiasm and perfection."

    Dallas oilman Richard “Dick” Bass, a globetrotting adventurer and businessman, died Sunday night at his Dallas home of pulmonary fibrosis. He was 85.

    His sprawling interests ranged from ranching in Central Texas to coal leases in Alaska and Wyoming, but in business, he was best known as the co-founder and longtime owner of the Snowbird resort in Utah. MORE