Death
Cotton died on February 20, 2007 in College Station, Texas from complications of a head injury he suffered in a fall in October 2006. He was survived by his wife, the former Diane Dornacher, whom he married in 1959, and their two daughters, Jennifer and Jane. The Brazos County Sheriff's Department opened an investigation into his death, describing his death as "suspicious".
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