Later Years & Death
Following his attempt to bring the Blues to Saskatoon, Hunter organized softball tournaments in Saskatoon before investing in the San Diego Gulls hockey club in 1990. He remained somewhat active in the 1990s, helping to organize the Flexi-Coil curling cashspiel in his hometown before his health began to fail. He was awarded the Order of Canada in 2000 and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
Hunter died of cancer in Edmonton on December 16, 2002, and is interred at Holy Cross Cemetery.
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