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 realized.
In a press release, 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 referred to as her husband “a visionary entrepreneur, devoted husband, and a man whose heart and generosity forever shaped our family and community.”
She continued, “I feel so blessed to have shared 35 wonderful years of marriage with Duane. Together, we built a beautiful life working side by side.” 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 … greatest identified for restoring the Mission Inn Lodge & Spa in Riverside, California. His generosity additionally prolonged to animal welfare, schooling, veterans, and the humanities.
Duane was 88.
RIP.
