[7] Kruger lived independently on his own until the age of 103, when he moved into a care home in Roma, Queensland, Australia.
[9] Kruger remained active in the media, being interviewed in 2013, for the podcast 100 Not Out, in which he talked about his life, detailed his dietary habits, and read some of his own poetry.
"[11][12][13] Dexter Kruger died at his Retirement Home in Roma, on 20 July 2021 after a brief illness, aged 111 years and 188 days.
[14][15] In August 2021, he was posthumously featured in a documentary called The 110+ Club, broadcast as part of ABC Religion & Ethics.
[16][17] When he surpassed the final age of Jack Lockett, on 17 May 2021, he was asked by the then Defence Minister, Peter Dutton about his secret to his longevity to which he responded, “Find something you like to do, and do it well, I set myself a goal when I was quite young, and I achieved that.”[18] Kruger also attributed his longevity to a remote lifestyle, his writing and diet, mentioning in interviews that he enjoyed eating chicken brains, which he described as 'delicious little things'.