The petroleum industry lost a charismatic leader, a passionate advocate and a dealmaker extraordinaire when Aubrey K. McClendon died in a tragic auto accident in Oklahoma City on March 2. Hart Energy's Oil and Gas Investor remembers the shale pioneer.

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