 "Aphrodite" was one of the finest yachts of the time with Payne making a round the world cruise aboard and took the yacht to Europe every summer from 1908 until outbreak of war in 1914 limited his cruises to American waters.Payne, who did not marry nor have children, died at his home, 852 Fifth Avenue in New York City, on June 27, 1917.He was buried at Lake View Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio.