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Jan 25, 2017 · Moore gave birth to Richie just one year into her first marriage with Meeker at the age of 18. By the time he was 3, she had steady work on TV. When Richie was 6, Moore and Meeker divorced.
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Oct 16, 1980 · LOS ANGELES -- Mary Tyler Moore's only son, 24-year-old Richard Meeker, killed himself with a shotgun blast to the head late Tuesday night at the home he shared with two young women near the...
May 24, 2023 · The Emmy winner’s only child, Richie Meeker, died in 1980 at the age of 24. In the years that followed her son’s death, Moore revealed how she managed her grief through the difficult time.
Dec 29, 2017 · On Oct. 14, 1980, Mary’s son sadly passed away from an unintentional, self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head. Richie was reportedly handling a small .410 shotgun when the weapon accidentally...
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May 25, 2023 · Richie was the son of Mary and her first husband, Richard Meeker. Richie died on Oct. 14, 1980, from a shooting accident. He was 24. Mary Tyler Moore will forever be revered as an icon of...
- Jason Brow
At age 18 in 1955, Moore married her next-door neighbor, 28-year-old cranberry juice salesman Richard Meeker, [75] and within six weeks she was pregnant with her only child, Richard Carleton Meeker Jr., born on July 3, 1956. [76]
Jan 25, 2017 · Richard Meeker died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on October 14th, 1980. At the time, there were some false reports that Meeker had committed suicide; in reality, his death was accidental.
