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Hanna died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe at the age of seventy-two from [[emphysema]]. He and his wife, Mary Sue Hanna (born July 22, 1937) of Ferriday, also had two daughters, Mary Linda Rocconi (born 1961) and husband, August Todd Rocconi (born 1966), of Monroe and Lesley Hanna Capdepon (born 1963) and husband, Charles Keith Capdepon (born 1958), of Newellton, the parish engineerfor Tensas Parish. He had three grandchildren and a daughter-in-law, the former Gena Crawford, the wife of son Sam Hanna, Jr. Though Hanna was a member of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Ferriday, his services were held in the larger sanctuary of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Ferriday. Interment was at Old Winnsboro Cemetery in Winnsboro.<ref name=obit/>​

Hanna died at St. Francis Hospital in Monroe at the age of seventy-two from [[emphysema]]. He and his wife, Mary Sue Hanna (born July 22, 1937) of Ferriday, also had two daughters, Mary Linda Rocconi (born 1961) and husband, August Todd Rocconi (born 1966), of Monroe and Lesley Hanna Capdepon (born 1963) and husband, Charles Keith Capdepon (born 1958), of Newellton, the parish engineerfor Tensas Parish. He had three grandchildren and a daughter-in-law, the former Gena Crawford, the wife of son Sam Hanna, Jr. Though Hanna was a member of the First [[Presbyterian]] Church of Ferriday, his services were held in the larger sanctuary of the First [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church of Ferriday. Interment was at Old Winnsboro Cemetery in Winnsboro.<ref name=obit/>​

Hanna was inducted in 1993 into the LSU Manship J-School Hall of Fame in Baton Rouge.<ref name=lsu/> On that occasion, he was asked to address the state legislature and receive accolades for his work.<ref name=obit/>  In 1995, Hanna became among the relatively few journalists inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.cityofwinnfield.com/museum.html|title=Visitor Information: Old L&A Depot, LA Political Museum|publisher=cityofwinnfield.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> In 2004, Hanna was entered into the "50-Year Club" by the Louisiana Press Association, which he joined as a student journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lapress.com/50yearclub.htm|title=50-Year Club|publisher=laspress.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> After Hanna's death, the press association renamed its annual "Best Regular Column" as the “Sam Hanna Award.<ref name=lpa/>​

Hanna was inducted in 1993 into the LSU Manship J-School Hall of Fame in Baton Rouge.<ref name=lsu/> On that occasion, he was asked to address the state legislature and receive accolades for his work.<ref name=obit/>  In 1995, Hanna became among the relatively few journalists inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. In 2004, Hanna was entered into the "50-Year Club" by the Louisiana Press Association, which he joined as a student journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lapress.com/50yearclub.htm|title=50-Year Club|publisher=laspress.com|accessdate=December 29, 2009}}</ref> After Hanna's death, the press association renamed its annual "Best Regular Column" as the “Sam Hanna Award.<ref name=lpa/>​

Upon his death, Kathy Spurlock, then the executive editor of ''The News-Star,'' called Hanna "the dean of the state’s newspaper publishers, the most knowledgeable about state politics, certainly the one with the most institutional knowledge."<ref name=eandp>{{cite web|url= http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001844351|title=Sam Hanna, Political Columnist and Publisher, Dies at 72|publisher=Editorandpublisher.com|date=January 16, 2006}}</ref>​

Upon his death, Kathy Spurlock, then the executive editor of ''The News-Star,'' called Hanna "the dean of the state’s newspaper publishers, the most knowledgeable about state politics, certainly the one with the most institutional knowledge."<ref name=eandp>{{cite web|url= http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001844351|title=Sam Hanna, Political Columnist and Publisher, Dies at 72|publisher=Editorandpublisher.com|date=January 16, 2006}}</ref>​