Duane Roberts
Billionaire Who Invented Frozen Burrito Lifeless at 88
Revealed
Duane Roberts — the billionaire businessman credited with inventing the frozen burrito — has died … TMZ has discovered.
In an announcement, his spouse, Kelly J. Roberts says he handed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday evening, simply days shy of his 89th birthday. He was surrounded by household and their three canine when he died.
Kelly known as her husband “a visionary entrepreneur, devoted husband, and a person whose coronary heart and generosity without end formed our household and group.”
She continued, “I really feel so blessed to have shared 35 great years of marriage with Duane. Collectively, we constructed an attractive life working facet by facet.” She shared Duane was an unbelievable husband and stepfather and a loving grandfather whose knowledge and heat touched each era of their household.
Enjoyable reality — his stepchildren, Doug and Casey Reinhardt, each appeared on MTV’s “The Hills.”
After serving honorably within the U.S. navy, he went on to revolutionize the meals business with the frozen burrito in 1956.
Past enterprise, Duane was a proud philanthropist and developer … finest recognized for restoring the Mission Inn Resort & Spa in Riverside, California. His generosity additionally prolonged to animal welfare, schooling, veterans, and the humanities.
Duane was 88.
RIP.
