Death Summary: Ray Kroc died from a heart ailment at a hospital in San Diego, California. He was 81 years old.

Who was Ray Kroc : Raymond Albert Kroc is not the founder of McDonald's exactly, but he took it over as a small franchise in '61 and built it up into the biggest fast food name in the world.

Before McDonald's he was a paper-cup salesman, a musician, and worked at a radio station.

He met Richard and Maurice McDonald through his job selling milkshake machines, and the rest is history.

Categories: Business, Food Industry.