Death
Ruttman died of lung cancer in Lake Havasu City, Arizona just a month before the long planned "Troy Ruttman Day" in his hometown of Mooreland, Oklahoma. Troy Ruttman is survived by two daughters, Toddy Marie Ruttman, Mary Joyce Ruttman, Jennifer Lynn Ruttman and Roxanne Ruttman. A son, Troy Jr., was killed in a super modified race car in 1969.
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