(Russo) Lit in 2000, WOGL and Infinity/CBS Broadcasting management significantly reduced Lit's radio hours, along with a significant decrease in salary. In 2002, a lawsuit was filed with the aid of law firm Spector, Gaddon and Rosen against the media conglomerate, CBS Broadcasting, which for a second and concurrent time decided to reduce Lit's radio time and salary and this time cancel his health insurance. In December 2005, Lit, station WOGL, and CBS Broadcasting settled the three-year health and age-discrimination lawsuit, under the condition that Hy Lit would (reluctantly) retire from the station. Lit did his last Hy Lit Hall of Fame Show radio show on December 11, 2005. However, WOGL management would not permit Lit to reveal he would be leaving the airwaves. Death Lit died at 12:30 pm November 17, 2007, at Paoli Memorial Hospital of kidney failure. He is survived by his son Samuel Lit(died 2022), daughter Benna Lit-Martucci (born August 24, 1963, died April 19, 2019 ) and three grandchildren. He is buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. References 2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/74247717/ https://www.remembermyjourney.com/Memorial/19461229 External links Hy Lit - Philadelphia / New Jersey Radio Legend For more detailed information on Hy's career from 1954-1980 go to Hy Lit History Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia • https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/74247717/ 1934 births 2007 deaths American radio DJs Deaths from kidney failure Radio personalities from Philadelphia Burials at West Laurel Hill Cemetery Burials in Pennsylvania