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Jan 25, 2017 · Richie Meeker, the only child of Mary Tyler Moore, died of a gunshot wound in 1980 at age 24. Learn about his troubled childhood, his reconciliation with his mother and the accidental tragedy that changed her life.
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- Jodi Guglielmi
May 25, 2023 · Richie Meeker was the only child of Mary Tyler Moore and her first husband, Richard Meeker. He died in 1980 from a gunshot wound that was ruled an accident, and his mother blamed herself for his alienation.
- Jason Brow
Dec 28, 2021 · On January 25, 2017, she died from a heart attack while already suffering from pneumonia. She was 80 years old. While she was survived only by her husband, Moore was in fact a mother. In 1956, she gave birth to her son and only child, Richard Meeker, whom Moore had with her then-husband Dick Meeker, according to Bustle.
Apr 6, 2022 · Mary Tyler Moore, who died at age 80 on Wednesday, January 25, recalled her son Richie's tragic death in her 1995 memoir, 'After All' — find out more.
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Dec 29, 2017 · Richie Meeker, the only child of Mary Tyler Moore, died at age 24 from a gunshot wound in 1980. The actress wrote about her grief and regret in her memoir, After All, and scattered her son's ashes in a river.
- Julia Birkinbine
May 24, 2023 · Richie Meeker, the only child of sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore, died in 1980 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Moore shared her grief and how she spread her son's ashes in her memoir.
Dec 18, 2019 · Richard G. Meeker, 24, son of television star Mary Tyler Moore, accidentally shot himself in his home near the University of Southern California campus.
