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We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us.
Ray Kroc
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Ray Kroc
Age: 81 †
Born: 1902
Born: October 5
Died: 1984
Died: January 14
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Illinois
Raymond Albert Kroc
Raymond Albert Ray Kroc
Ray A. Kroc
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