owner of WLWT-TV, retained the Crosley name until 1968, seven years after Crosley's death. Crosley sold Pimlico Plantation, now demolished, in 1942, and Seagate, his winter retreat in Florida in 1947. In 1954 Crosley sold his vacation home at Cat Keys, Bahamas. In 1956 he sold Sleepy Hollow Farm in Jennings County, Indiana, to the state of Indiana for use as a wildlife preserve. Bull Island, South Carolina, became part of a national wildlife refuge. It is not known when Crosley sold his vacation retreat in Ontario, Canada. Death and legacy Crosley died on March 28, 1961, of a heart attack at the age of 74. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati. Crosley liked to label himself "the man with 50 jobs in 50 years," a catchy sobriquet that was far from true, although he did have more than a dozen jobs before he got into automobile accessories. Crosley helped quite a few inventors up the ladder of success by buying the rights to their inventions and sharing in the profits. His work provided employment and products for millions of people. A few of Crosley's company's more noteworthy accomplishments: introduced the first compact car to American consumers (in 1939) became the second company to install car radios in its models the first to introduce push-button car radios introduced soap operas to radio broadcasts introduced the first non-electric refrigerator (Icyball) introduced the first refrigerator with shelves in the door (Shelvador) launched the world's most powerful commercial radio station (WLW, at 500 kW) installed the first lights on a major league baseball field* introduced facsimile newspaper broadcasts by radio-FAX (Reado) the first American carmaker to have disc brakes on all its models (in 1949) Part of Crosley's Pinecroft estate, his former Cincinnati, Ohio, home, is the site of Mercy Hospitals West; however, the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor have used his mansion as a retreat since the early 1970s. Seagate, Crosley's former winter retreat on Sarasota Bay in Florida, is operated as an event rental facility. Pinecroft and Seagate have been restored and are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Crosley's farm in Jennings County, Indiana, is the site of the present-day Crosley Fish and Wildlife Area; Bull Island, South Carolina, is part of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. WLW radio continues to operate as an AM station. Crosley's manufacturing plants in Richmond and Marion, Indiana,