Boone’s birthday bash
Boone Pickens and Gov. Brad Henry announce Pickens’ $100 million gift to Oklahoma State University a day after celebrating Pickens’ 80th birthday in an exclusive, celebrity-splashed Dallas party.
Happy 80th birthday to native Oklahoman Boone Pickens. The energy maven and billionaire dropped off a $100 million check up in Stillwater Wednesday, after celebrating Tuesday night with celebrities and VIPs in a black-tie extravaganza engineered by his wife, Madeleine.
Alan Peppard in the The Dallas Morning News reported on the festivities, which included Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry among the celebrants.
Madeleine dispatched a Gulfstream to Italy to fetch Mr. (Andrea) Bocelli and his fiancee, Veronica Berti, and bring them to Dallas for Monday’s rehearsal and Tuesday’s party. Another plane went for Miss (Sarah) Brightman, the former wife of Andrew Lloyd Webber who originated some of his most famous roles, including Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera .
American Idol fave Katharine McPhee, who stirred up McPheever among her Idolfans, has toured and recorded with Mr. Bocelli. She opened the evening along with Belgian chanteuse Lara Fabian.
Emcee Dennis Miller said the lavish gala “makes Caligula look like a minimalist.”
“Boone is one of the few people who can watch Giant and think it’s a home movie,” Miller quipped.
Pickens regularly says that he’s never had more fun making money than he has in the past several years, and there’s no reason to doubt him.
Don Mecoy
Business Writer
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