Legendary broadcaster Milwaukee Brewers player turned broadcaster Bob Uecker died in January at age 90. He began broadcasting with the ball club in 1971, and the Brewers paid tribute to the icon on opening day, March 27. In addition to Brewers fans, loved ones flocked to Milwaukee for a memorial celebration, including Bob’s former cast mates from Mr. Belvedere. Tracy (Wells) Tofte, Brice Beckham, Ilene Graff, and Rob Stone met at the airport and headed to Milwaukee together. Tracy posted a photo on Instagram captioned, “The Owens Family goes to Milwaukee!”
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The “Mr. Belvedere” Cast Presented Bod Uecker’s Widow With A Sweet Gift
Tracy posted a second photo of herself with Brice, Ilene, Rob, and Judy Uecker. Judy proudly held up a Mr. Belvedere shirt. Tracy wrote, “Our sweet Judy Uecker. Love her with all my heart. Thank you to the Brewers organization, the Uecker family, Bob Costas, Lane Grindle, and Bob Uecker, Jr. for a beautiful, heartfelt memorial in Bob’s honor. Thank you for the time to share stories about Bob and time with my Belvedere family. Frank and I will never forget our last visit with Bob and Judy. He will be missed and cherished daily.”
Fans loved seeing the cast together with a dose of 1980s nostalgia.
One wrote, “So many of us lived vicariously through our TV sets back then, seeing you all together makes the kids in us feel complete. Bob was my original TV Dad. RIP Bob.”
“Happy 40th anniversary I’m such of fan of Mr belvedere and all of you as well,” a fan shared.
The Mr. Belvedere cast went to a Brewers game while they were in town to the delight of fans. “I thought what you and the rest of the TV Show family did at the game last night was awesome. I loved the humor on the show a lot. You all look awesome.”
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