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Jan 26, 2017 · 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.
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 18, 2019 · In 1980, the “Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Mary Tyler Moore Show” star received word that her only son Richie Meeker died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at age 24.
Dec 29, 2017 · Not many people know that Richie tragically died at age 24 in the early 1980s and his death left a gaping hole in the remainder of Mary’s prolific life. On Oct. 14, 1980, Mary’s son sadly passed...
Jan 25, 2017 · Mary Tyler Moore married her first husband, Richard Carleton Meeker, in 1955 when she was 18 years old. Meeker was 28 at the time. In her book Growing Up Again, Moore describes Meeker as a “boy...
Jan 27, 2017 · Mary Tyler Moore’s dead son, Richard Meeker, was Moore’s only child. Richie was born to a very young Mary, when the budding actress was only 19-years-old. According to AOL, Moore always felt that...
Jan 26, 2017 · Mary’s only son, Richard Meeker Jr., died in October 1980, after he accidentally shot himself in the head. He was 24. “It came from out of nowhere. He was doing so well,” Moore recalled in her...
