A year after the death of Gordie Howe, Marty Howe still slips into the present tense when discussing his legendary father, without even knowing it.
"When Gordie meets people, it's something special," Marty Howe, 63, said this week. "It doesn't matter if you're a boy or a girl or an adult, if you're sick or healthy. Gordie just treats everybody the same."
The hockey world was shaken to its core a year ago Saturday, when Gordie Howe died June 10, 2016, at age 88 following a lengthy illness. His death came two days before the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup, the decisive Game 6 in San Jose against the Sharks on June 12 played beneath a somber cloud.
Gordie Howe stirs memories one year after death
To family, hockey community, public, Mr. Hockey 'will always be with us'
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