Stroke and Death
In March 1969, LeTourneau suffered a severe stoke from which he never recovered. He died on June 1, 1969, at the age of eighty. Besides his son Richard, LeTourneau was survived by three other sons Roy, Ted, Ben, and a daughter, Louise Dick.
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