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Michael Thomas Meeker (February 23, 1958 – June 5, 2024) [1] was a Canadian professional ice hockey center who played four games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins during the 1978–79 season.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
Meeker's grave at Graceland Cemetery. Letters he wrote to his family from Europe in the 1930s suggest he was homosexual. [12] He had a thirty-year relationship with Robert Molnar, with whom he lived from at least 1940 until Meeker's death in their New York City home on October 22, 1971. [12] Meeker named Molnar his heir. [12]
In 2004, Meeker was invited to headline a golf tournament fundraiser to benefit BC Guide Dog Services. Originally intended as a one-off event, it was such a success that the Howie Meeker Golf for Guide Dogs tournament ran on Vancouver Island for four years and is now held annually in the Metro Vancouver area. [ 25 ]
Meeker is an unincorporated community in Marion County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Meeker is served by Ridgedale Local School District. History
Edward Meeker (January 22, 1874 – April 19, 1937) was an American singer and performer, best known for his appearances on the recordings of Thomas Edison both as an announcer and singer, performing songs such as "Chicken Reel", "Go Easy Mabel", "Harrigan" and most notably, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".
James Meeker (born 1995), American baseball player; Joseph Rusling Meeker (1827-1887), American painter; Josephine Meeker (1857-1882), American teacher and physician; Jotham Meeker (1804-1855), Baptist missionary to the Indians in Kansas; Judith Meeker, American founder of More Than Warmth; Leonard C. Meeker (1916–2014), American politician ...
Charles Roy Meeker (September 15, 1900 – March 25, 1929) was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of three seasons (1923–24, 1926) with the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds. For his career, he compiled an 8–14 record, with a 4.73 earned run average, and 54 strikeouts in 192 innings pitched. [1]