Editing Mike Stratton (section)

== Later years ==
After football, Stratton became an executive with insurance company Crump Associates in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Where Are They Now?|date=November 16, 1979|newspaper=Arizona Daily Sun|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47439135/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=March 27, 2020}}</ref> He and his wife raised three daughters and one son. The son died in 2023.

On March 25, 2020, Stratton died at age 78 from heart complications after a recent fall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-50th-all-time-team-member-mike-stratton-passes?campaign=sf:fanshare:facebook|title=Bills 50th All-Time team member Mike Stratton passes|website=www.buffalobills.com|language=en-US|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>