of Pennsylvania in 1929. The foundation, now called the Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation, is associated with the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Although Johnson became weary of the responsibilities of running the world's largest phonograph company, the leisured life of a multimillionaire eventually became just as tedious to him and later he often said that he regretted selling the Victor Company. Having been in failing health for several years, Johnson died at the age of 78 on November 14, 1945, in Breidenhart, his home at Moorestown Township, New Jersey, after suffering a stroke days earlier. Johnson is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. On February 26, 1985, Johnson posthumously received the 1984 Grammy Trustee Award, given to persons who made a significant contribution in the field of recording. This award is on display at the Johnson Victrola Museum located in Dover, Delaware. Patents , Sound recording and reproducing machine. 1905. [Filed, 1898] References External links Time magazine article from December 20, 1926 The Marvelous Talking machine - Eldridge R. Johnson Johnson Victrola Museum, http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/biocbiop/jf/jf.html Eldridge Reeves Johnson Foundation, University of Pennsylvania Biography-West Laurel Hill Cemetery web site "HOW A MAN WITH AN IDEA MADE MILLIONS IN TWELVE YEARS", New York Times Magazine, August 28, 1910, p9 1867 births 1945 deaths Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery People from Moorestown, New Jersey People from Wilmington, Delaware 19th-century American businesspeople 20th-century American businesspeople Grammy Award winners