Lew Hunter, a widely known Superior connection to the Hollywood entertainment community, died Friday morning.

Hunter, 87, had been in declining health and COVID is thought to have been a contributing cause of death. At the time of his death, he was staying in an assisted living facility in Arizona and under hospice care.

The Express spoke with his widow, Pamela, on Tuesday morning and learned all members of his family living in that area had been diagnosed this week with COVID.

Their illness has delayed funeral plans.

But the tentative plan calls for his cremation. The cremains will the...