Lew DeWitt
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Lewis Calvin DeWitt (March 12, 1938 - August 15, 1990) was an American country music singer and composer.
For most of his career DeWitt sang tenor for The Statler Brothers. Songs he wrote for the group include "Flowers on the Wall," "Things," "Since Then," "The Strand," "The Movies," and "Chet Atkins' Hand." He retired from the group in 1982 due to health problems stemming from Crohn's disease, from which he had suffered since adolescence. (Jimmy Fortune subsequently assumed DeWitt's place in the group as tenor.)
Lew made a brief comeback as a solo artist, releasing two albums: On My Own (1985) and Here to Stay (1986), and was working on a third album on the Compleat label at the time of his death. Then his health problems resurfaced; he died of heart and kidney failure at the age of 52.
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