The man looked older; the death of his son had hit him hard.

His death hits hard because this is much more than the passing away of a great player.

The death of his son had hit him hard.

The death had hit him a good deal harder because of it.

Let me merely say her death has hit him hard.

She could tell that the death of his associate had hit him hard.

I could see that my organic death had hit him hard.

Which was why Westley's death hit her the way it did.

The death of his only child hit him very hard.

Of course it hadn't been until years later that I realized how hard her death had hit him.