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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.
Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer at Age 77. Sen. Ted Kennedy died shortly before midnight Tuesday at his home in Hyannis Port, Mass., at age 77. The man known as the liberal lion of the Senate had fought a more than year-long battle with brain cancer, and according to his son had lived longer with the disease than his doctors expected him to.