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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.
At the time of Ray Kroc âs death , McDonald âs was the biggest chain of restaurants in the world , in terms of sales and numbers of outlets ; in 2011 McDonald âs was edged from the top spot by Subway â¦ Ray Kroc bought the major league baseball team the San Diego Padres in 1974 ; Ray âs widow , Joan Kroc , sold the team in 1990 â¦ Ernest Hemingway , a ...