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==Personal life== He and his wife Elizabeth Kathleen How had a son, [[Bill Hewitt (sportscaster)|Bill Hewitt]], and a daughter, Elizabeth Ann Somerville. Hewitt died from a combination of [[alzheimer's disease]], [[kidney failure]], and [[Head and neck cancer|throat cancer]] on April 21, 1985, at the age of 82, at [[Providence Healthcare (Toronto)|Providence Villa Nursing Home]] in Scarborough, Ontario.<ref>{{Cite news |date=23 April 1985 |title=Foster Hewitt is Dead at 82; 'Voice of Hockey' in Canada |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/04/23/sports/foster-hewitt-is-dead-at-82-voice-of-hockey-in-canada.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=D27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Crawley |first=Janet |date=1985-04-23 |title=CANADA'S VOICE OF HOCKEY FOSTER HEWITT AT AGE 82 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1985-04-23-8501240339-story.html |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=Chicago Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Babad |first=Michael |title=Foster Hewitt, the voice of hockey in Canada, died... - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/04/21/Foster-Hewitt-the-voice-of-hockey-in-Canada-died/2030482907600/ |access-date=2023-08-07 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>
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