Family and Personal Life
Ira and his wife Cheryl (a licensed landscape designer) reside in Redwood City, California. They have no children.
In May 2011 Ruskin told friends he has been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumor and withdrawing from the political arena to concentrate on his health.[http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_18158119?
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