Walter Gretzky, father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, dies at 82

Wayne Gretzky confirmed the death in a social media post, noting that his father had Parkinson’s disease and other health problems. He did not say where his father died.

“For me, he was the reason I fell in love with the game of hockey,” Gretzky wrote of his father. “He inspired me to be the best I could be not just in the game of hockey, but in life.” More…