Detroit — Gordie Howe was known by a string of superlatives: Mr. Hockey, Mr. All Star, Mr. Everything, The Legend.
His name is on schools, parks and hockey arenas, and will grace the new bridge connecting Detroit with Windsor, said speakers at his funeral Wednesday.
Howe, 88, who died Friday, was so beloved it seemed like half the children from his Canadian hometown of Saskatoon were named after him, they said.
“How do I do justice to the life of a living legend — my own hero?” his son, Dr. Murray Howe, asked during the eulogy at Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.