Personal
During the 1980s, Otto was involved in numerous business ventures. He owned numerous Burger King Restaurants near Sacramento, California until the early 1990s.
In 1997, Otto's daughter, Jennifer, a 39-year-old mother of four, died from a blood clot. Five years later, in 2002, Otto was stricken with prostate cancer, though the cancer is currently in remission.
Otto is also the subject of works by artist Matthew Barney.
He was elected to the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in 1998.
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