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 Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:11 pm Post subject: Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82 |
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| Quote: | Walter Gretzky, father of Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82
Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, has died at 82.
The hockey Hall of Famer announced his father's death on social media Thursday. Wayne Gretzky said that his father “bravely battled Parkinson’s and other health issues these last few years, but he never let it get him down.”
“For my sisters and my 3 brothers, Dad was our team captain,” Wayne Gretzky wrote. “He guided, protected and led our family every day, every step of the way.
“For me, he was the reason I fell in love with the game of hockey.”
This story will be updated. More to come. |
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