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Death and tributes. Kroc died of heart failure at an hospital in San Diego, California on 14 January, 1984 at age 81. Upon his passing, his wife Joan inherited his fortune, was estimated at $500 million. By the time of Kroc's death, McDonald's had 7,500 locations in 31 countries and was worth $8 billion.
MLK, Jr. was shot April 4 1968 while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. NBC's Thanh Truong reports. This week the Tennessee Shelby County Register's office released newly digitized video tape reels of James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.