He committed suicide in 2021, at the age of 72, after fighting depression. At 1:54 p.m., police were dispatched to a St. Andrews Pointe neighborhood home for a shooting.

Joe was born in 1949, and his death anniversary is observed on March 5 of every year. 

On the other hand, his wife, Jean, is 67 years old. On February 7, 1954, she was born in Wood River, Illinois, in the United States.