Retirement and Death
Upon retiring, Furnas and his wife ran a group home in San Diego for abused boys. He would also raise bucking stock rodeo bulls in his family's farm.
Furnas' body was discovered on March 3, 2012 at his home in Tucson, Arizona; the precise date of his death could not be estimated by the medical examiner because of decomposition, but is presumed to have been sometime in February. he was 50 years old. The official cause of death was atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease. He had been battling Parkinson's Disease for many years prior to his death. His death was confirmed by one of his sisters.
He was survived by his wife, parents, three sisters, one brother, and numerous nieces and nephews. He was divorced once.
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