 After his time with the Casinos was over, Hughes became a country music promoter, but he died on 3 February 2004, at the age of 67, from complications following a car accident.Thomas Robert "Bob" Armstrong Jr. led the installation of the lights on multiple suspension bridges including the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Memphis & Arkansas Bridge in Memphis, Tennessee.He also worked as the business manager of the St. Bernadette Church in Amelia, Ohio, and continued playing with the Casinos until his death on 27 December 2011 of cancer, at the age of 67.