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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-1004/
- Published: 2024-07-16T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-15T23:49:56.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-20 04:39

> Former All Blacks hooker and *Dancing with the Stars* winner Norm Hewitt has passed away. He was 55.  
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> It is understood he died last night after a battle with motor neurone disease.  
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> Growing up in Porangahau, southern Hawke’s Bay, Hewitt played 296 representative matches during a memorable first-class rugby career spanning 13 seasons for Hawke’s Bay, Southland and Wellington. He earned 23 caps for the All Blacks over nine seasons and was a key member of the Hurricanes in the early years of Super Rugby, missing just one match in the first five years.  
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> NZ Herald

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