 Brisbane hired back Mel Cummin to replace McCay . Due to his lavish lifestyle , McCay left a smaller fortune than those around him had expected . By the early 1940s , Maude had used up her inheritance and sold the house on Voorhies Avenue . When she died of a heart attack on March 2 , 1949 , she was living with her daughter and son @-@ in @-@ law . Son Robert was also careless with his inheritance , and less successful in art than his father . He worked for a short time at the Hearst papers , and tried unsuccessfully to get a job at the Disney studios , before finding a career as illustrator for Training Aids / Special Services at Fort Ord. 
