▁and ▁Larry ▁Tr out man , ▁dis band ment , ▁and ▁current ▁activity ▁On ▁Sunday ▁morning , ▁April ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁Roger ▁Tr out man ▁was ▁fat ally ▁wounded ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁an ▁apparent ▁murder - su ic ide ▁that ▁was ▁orch estr ated ▁by ▁his ▁older ▁brother , ▁Larry . ▁Roger ▁was ▁shot ▁several ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁tor so ▁by ▁Larry ▁as ▁he ▁ex ited ▁a ▁recording ▁studio ▁in ▁Day ton , ▁Ohio . ▁Roger ▁was ▁taken ▁to ▁Good ▁Sam ar itan ▁Hospital , ▁but ▁died ▁shortly ▁after . ▁Larry ' s ▁body ▁was ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁car ▁a ▁short ▁distance ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁murder ▁scene . ▁There ▁were ▁no ▁witness es ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁Larry ' s ▁mot ive ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁Roger ▁remains ▁unclear . ▁Larry ▁had ▁been ▁experien cing ▁increasing ly ▁severe ▁financial ▁problems ▁man aging ▁the ▁family - run ▁housing ▁company , ▁Tr out man ▁Enter pr ises , ▁which ▁eventually ▁file d ▁for ▁chapter ▁ 1 1 ▁bank rupt cy ▁ow ing ▁$ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁tax . ▁Larry ▁might ▁also ▁have ▁been ▁bitter ▁after ▁Roger ▁fired ▁him ▁as ▁manager ▁of ▁his ▁music ▁career , ▁a ▁position ▁Larry ▁had ▁held ▁for ▁several ▁years . ▁ ▁During ▁Roger ' s ▁fun eral , ▁his ▁nep hew ▁C let ▁Tr out man ▁performed ▁a ▁talk - box ▁rend ition ▁of ▁" A maz ing ▁Grace ." ▁Roger ▁was ▁surv ived ▁by ▁his ▁six