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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                                August 29, 2000
                       (Date of earliest event reported)



                                  ONEOK, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Oklahoma                      1-2572                 73-1520922
(State or other jurisdiction           (Commission             (IRS Employer
       of incorporation)               File Number)         Identification No.)


                        100 West Fifth Street; Tulsa, OK
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                     74103
                                   (Zip code)


                                 (918) 588-7000
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


                                 Not Applicable
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.    Other Events.
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           Larry W. Brummett, chairman of the board and chief executive officer
           of ONEOK, Inc. died Thursday August 24, 2000 after a two-year battle
           with cancer. David Kyle has been elected as ONEOK's chairman and CEO.
           He will also retain his position as the company's president.

Item 7.    Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information, and Exhibits
-------    -------------------------------------------------------------------

           (c)  Exhibits

                99.a  Press Release dated August 25, 2000
                99.b  Press Release dated August 28, 2000

                                       2
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                                   SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized, on this 29th day of August 2000.

                                            ONEOK, Inc.



                                       By:  Jim Kneale
                                           ------------------------------------
                                            Jim Kneale
                                            Vice President, Treasurer and
                                            Chief Financial Officer

                                       3
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit Number          Description
--------------          -----------

    99.a                Press Release dated August 25, 2000
    99.b                Press Release dated August 28, 2000

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<DESCRIPTION>LARRY BRUMMETT
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.a

                                FINANCIAL NEWS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ONEOK, Inc.                               For Immediate Release: August 25, 2000
Post Office Box 871                        Contact: Weldon Watson (918) 588-7158
Tulsa, OK 74102-0871


                   ONEOK ANNOUNCES DEATH OF CHAIRMAN AND CEO
                                 LARRY BRUMMETT


     Tulsa, Oklahoma -- Larry W. Brummett, chairman of the board and chief
executive officer of ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE), and a long-time community leader in
Tulsa, has died following a two-year battle with cancer.  He was 49.

     David Kyle, president and chief operating officer of ONEOK, said, "Larry
was a great leader and a wonderful friend to all who knew him.  It is a tribute
to him that we have such a great team of employees at ONEOK who will move
forward with the focus and vision that he has set for the company during his
years of leadership."

     Brummett provided dynamic, thoughtful leadership in times of unprecedented
change at ONEOK and in the natural gas industry. He became chairman, chief
executive officer and president in 1994. Under his direction, ONEOK has been
transformed from a local natural gas utility company with assets of about $1
billion in 1994 to a diversified natural gas company today with total assets
exceeding $5 billion.

     Brummett lived his life with passion.  His unique leadership style was
rooted in his rare ability to connect with a broad range of people, both in
business and the community.  His demonstrated ability to clearly articulate his
vision and his passion for achieving excellence inspired not only the 4,000
employees of ONEOK but also the teams of industry and community leaders,
business professionals and volunteers he met and worked with every day.

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<FILENAME>0003.txt
<DESCRIPTION>DAVID KYLE
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                                                                    Exhibit 99.b

                                                                            News

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Post Office Box 871                     Tulsa, OK 74102-0871

For Immediate Release: August 28, 2000

Contact: Weldon Watson, (918) 588-7158



                         KYLE NAMED ONEOK CHAIRMAN, CEO


     Tulsa, Oklahoma - The board of directors of ONEOK, Inc., (NYSE:OKE) today
elected David Kyle as ONEOK's chairman and CEO.  He will also retain his
position as the company's president.  Kyle, 47, succeeds Larry Brummett, who
died last week of cancer.

   Kyle began his career with what is now ONEOK's Oklahoma Natural Gas Company
Division in 1974.  He served in a variety of capacities and in 1994 he was named
president of ONG, and was named to the ONEOK Board of Directors in August 1995.
In October 1997, he was named to his present position as president and chief
operating officer of ONEOK.

   A native of Wichita, KS, Kyle received a B.S. degree in Industrial
Engineering and Management from Oklahoma State University (OSU) in 1974, and
earned his MBA at the University of Tulsa in 1987.  He is also a 1992 graduate
of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

     Kyle is active in numerous business, professional, and community
organizations.

     ONEOK, Inc., is an energy company involved in natural gas production,
processing, gathering, storage and transmission in the mid-continent areas of
the United States.  The company's natural gas marketing operations provide
service to customers in 25 states.  The company is also the largest natural gas
distributor in Kansas and Oklahoma, operating as Kansas Gas Service and Oklahoma
Natural Gas Company, serving 1.4 million customers.

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