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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...
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.
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...
Jan 25, 2017 · The year that Richard Meeker Jr. died, Mary Tyler Moore starred in Ordinary People, a movie in which she plays a woman who loses her son in an accident and whose other son attempts suicide.
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.
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.
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...
