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Hines died of liver cancer at 57, on August 9, 2003, en route to hospital from his home in Los Angeles.

He had been diagnosed with the disease more than a year earlier but had informed only his closest friends.

In addition to his father and brother, he is survived by his daughter, Daria ; a son, Zach ; stepdaughter, Jessica Koslow ; and a grandson.

At the time of his death, he was engaged to Negrita Jayde.

Hines is interred at Saint Volodymyr's Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Oakville, Ontario.

Negrita, who died in 2009, is buried next to him.

Following his death, the television series Lost at Home, in which he was featured, was canceled.