Death
Hughes died at the Calvary Hospital in The Bronx, New York, on 6 August 2012, with his wife at his bedside. Hughes is survived by two stepsons, Freeborn Garrettson Jewett IV and Fielder Douglas Jewett; his brothers, Thomas and Geoffrey Hughes; a sister, Constance Crisp, and many nieces and nephews.
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