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Oct 16, 1980 · October 15, 1980 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. 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...
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 in a tragic accident that haunted his mother for years.
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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.
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- She Gave Birth to Him When She Was 18. Mary Tyler Moore married her first husband, Richard Carleton Meeker, in 1955 when she was 18 years old. Meeker was 28 at the time.
- He Died in 1980 of an Accidental Gunshot Wound. 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.
- Moore Later Said She Regretted Being So Busy When Her Son Was Growing Up. When Richard Jr. was young, Moore was working on both The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and in her book Growing Up Again, she says that she wishes she had been around more.
- He Was Working at CBS at the Time of His Death. In addition to being a student, Meeker was working as a messenger for CBS when he died. This is the television network that aired The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970 through 1977, and it was also home to The Dick Van Dyke Show.
Jan 25, 2017 · Richie Meeker was the only child of Mary Tyler Moore and her first husband Richard Meeker. He died of a gunshot wound in 1980 at the age of 24, after struggling with drug addiction and estrangement from his mother.
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Dec 29, 2017 · Richie Meeker, the only child of Mary Tyler Moore, died in 1980 from a gunshot wound at age 24. The actress wrote about her grief and regret in her memoir, After All, and scattered her son's ashes in a river.
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Jan 26, 2017 · The actress's son, who was a gun collector, accidentally shot himself at age 24. Moore, who passed away in 2017, wrote about the tragedy in her memoir and spread his ashes in a river.
