Editing Ron Joyce (section)

==Personal life==
Joyce was married twice and both marriages ended in divorce. His son Ron Jr. married Tim Horton's eldest daughter Jeri-Lyn. The couple were franchisees of four Tim Hortons locations in southern Ontario until their retirement in 2023.
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On November 11, 2007, the [[Bombardier Global Express|Bombardier Global 5000]] business jet in which Joyce was travelling crashed short of the runway at his [[Fox Harbour Airport|Fox Harb'r Resort's airport]].<ref>[http://www.tsb.gc.ca/eng/rapports-reports/aviation/2007/a07a0134/a07a0134.asp Transportation Safety Board Report 2007 - A07A0134]</ref>  Joyce suffered two fractured vertebrae as a result.<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pilot-problems-cited-in-joyce-jet-crash-1.853001 CBC Coverage of Crash at Fox Harbour Airport]</ref>

In May 2011, an unnamed woman in her mid-30s alleged that the billionaire co-founder of Tim Hortons sexually assaulted her at his home. The alleged incident occurred when the woman, who is representing herself in court, spent the night at Joyce's home in Burlington, Ont., so she could drive him to a medical appointment the following day. A $50,000 out-of-court settlement was reached between the two parties.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/05/06/ron-joyce-sex-assault-lawsuit_n_9858702.html | title=Ron Joyce, Tim Hortons Co-Founder, To Appeal Court's OK Of Sex-Assault Suit | access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/01/20/tim-hortons-billionaire-co-founder-ron-joyce-loses-bid-to-have-sex-assault-suit-tossed.html | title=Tim Hortons billionaire co-founder Ron Joyce loses bid to have sex-assault suit tossed | newspaper=The Toronto Star | date=20 January 2017 | access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> In January 2017, the sexual assault lawsuit resurfaced as the two parties had different opinions on which the settlement was reached. Joyce's lawyers attempted to throw out the case but were ultimately forced to face trial.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/tim-hortons-co-founder-appealing-blistering-ruling-in-sex-assault-suit/article29892532 | title=Tim Hortons co-founder appealing a blistering ruling in sex-assault suit | access-date=January 3, 2018}}</ref>

As of 2017, he was worth an estimated US$1.4 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ronald-joyce/|title = Ronald Joyce|website = [[Forbes]]}}</ref> Joyce died at his home in Burlington on January 31, 2019, at the age of 88.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Frances Willick|author2=Michael Gorman|title=Ron Joyce, billionaire who brought Tim Hortons coffee to the masses, dead at 88  |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tim-hortons-ron-joyce-died-1.5001820 |access-date=1 February 2019 |work=CBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-a-role-model-for-our-region-tim-hortons-co-founder-ron-joyce-dies//|title=Doughnut dynasty: The high school dropout turned billionaire force behind Tim Hortons}}</ref>