A longtime resident of Hillsdale, New Jersey since his days with the Yankees, Kucks worked as a stockbroker after his baseball career ended. He died of cancer on October 31, 2013, at the Villa Marie Claire hospice in Saddle River, New Jersey.[3][4]
^AP staff writer (November 12, 2013) "Johnny Kucks – Baseball Pitcher" The Washington Post, page 6. Retrieved November 12, 2013 [1]
^ abWeber, Bruce. "Johnny Kucks, Who Pitched Yanks to Title, Dies at 81", The New York Times, November 1, 2013. Accessed November 3, 2013. "John Charles Kucks Jr. was born in Hoboken, N.J., on July 27, 1932. His father was a butcher. He graduated from Dickinson High School in Jersey City and played one year of minor league ball in the Yankees’ organization before serving in the Army.... He had lived for many years in Hillsdale, N.J."
^Levin, Jay. "Johnny Jucks, '56 Yankees ace and Hillsdale family man, at 81", The Record (Bergen County), November 3, 2013.