Editing Gordie Howe (section)

==Retirement==
[[File:Gordie Howe star on Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|left|Howe's star on [[Canada's Walk of Fame]]. He received the honour in 2000.]]
Howe was named to [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1975.<ref>{{cite web |title = Honoured Member Stories: Gordie Howe |url = http://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=363&lang=EN |publisher = Canada's Sports Hall of Fame |access-date = June 10, 2016 }}</ref> In 1998, ''[[The Hockey News]]'' released their [[List of 100 greatest NHL players by The Hockey News|List of Top 100 NHL Players of All Time]] and listed Howe third overall, behind [[Wayne Gretzky]] and [[Bobby Orr]]. Of the list, Gretzky and Orr were quoted as regarding Howe as the greatest player.<ref>{{cite web |title=How Wayne Gretzky Earned His Nickname |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS01LwpC23g | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211107/aS01LwpC23g| archive-date=November 7, 2021 | url-status=live|website=Youtube.com | date=October 19, 2016 |publisher=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert |access-date=5 December 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="top100" /> In 2000, Howe was inducted into [[Canada's Walk of Fame]].<ref name=GN/>

On April 10, 2007, Howe was honoured with the unveiling of a new bronze statue in [[Joe Louis Arena]], where the West Entrance is named the "Gordie Howe Entrance" in his honour. The statue is {{convert|12|ft}} tall and weighs about {{convert|4,500|lbs}}. The statue contains all of Howe's stats and history. Another statue of Howe was erected in downtown [[Saskatoon]], Saskatchewan, on the corner of 20th Street and 1st Ave. He is depicted wearing a Detroit Red Wings sweater.<ref>{{cite news |title = Bronze statue of 'Mr. Hockey' unveiled in Detroit |url = https://www.espn.com/nhl/news/story?id=2832953 |publisher = [[ESPN]] |agency = [[Associated Press]] |date = April 11, 2007 |access-date = November 17, 2014 }}</ref> The statue has since been relocated to the [[SaskTel Centre]].<ref>{{cite news |url = https://edmontonjournal.com/statue+Gordie+Howe+shown+Saskatoon+April+2016+Howe+continues+tourism+draw+home+town+city+relocated+bronze+statue+Hall+Famer+from+downtown+then+SaskTel+Centre/11846583/story.html |title = A statue of Gordie Howe is shown in Saskatoon on April 4, 2016. |date = April 4, 2016 |access-date = June 11, 2016 |work = Edmonton Journal |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160808120831/http://www.edmontonjournal.com/statue+Gordie+Howe+shown+Saskatoon+April+2016+Howe+continues+tourism+draw+home+town+city+relocated+bronze+statue+Hall+Famer+from+downtown+then+SaskTel+Centre/11846583/story.html |archive-date = August 8, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}</ref>

In February 2011, various groups proposed naming the New International Trade Crossing bridge, a proposed bridge that will connect Detroit and [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]] by linking [[Ontario Highway 401|Highway&nbsp;401]] in [[Ontario]] with [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate&nbsp;75]] and [[Interstate 94 in Michigan|Interstate&nbsp;94]] in [[Michigan]], in honour of Howe.<ref name=wjbk>{{cite news |first = Dennis |last = Kraniak |title = The Gordie Howe International Bridge |url = http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/the-gordie-howe-international-bridge- |publisher = [[WJBK-TV]] |location = Detroit |date = February 4, 2011 |access-date = February 5, 2011 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110714142638/http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/the-gordie-howe-international-bridge- |archive-date = July 14, 2011 |df = mdy-all }}</ref> On May 14, 2015, during an event attended by Canadian Prime Minister [[Stephen Harper]], it was officially announced that the bridge would be known as the [[Gordie Howe International Bridge]].<ref name="cbc-gordiehowebridge">{{cite news |title = Gordie Howe International Bridge to connect Windsor and Detroit |url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/gordie-howe-international-bridge-to-connect-windsor-and-detroit-1.3074243 |access-date = May 14, 2015 |publisher = [[CBC News]] |date = May 14, 2015 }}</ref>
[[File:Gordie Howe (Giants).jpg|thumb|upright|Howe appearing at Gordie Howe Night as part owner of the [[Vancouver Giants]] in 2008]]
Canadian actor [[Michael Shanks]] portrayed Howe in the television film ''[[Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story]]''. The film aired April 28, 2013, on [[CBC Television]] in Canada, and on the [[Hallmark Channel]] in the US on May 5.<ref>{{cite web |title = Mr. Hockey: The Gordie Howe Story |url = http://www.hallmarkchanneleverywhere.com/Movies/Details?NodeID=28&TVEMovieID=5478 |publisher = [[Hallmark Channel]] |access-date = June 10, 2016 }}</ref>

After the death of his wife Colleen Howe in 2009, Howe turned his charitable activity towards [[Degenerative Nerve Disease|degenerative diseases]] such as dementia and [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], and founded the Gordie and Colleen Howe Fund for [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], in partnership with the [[University of Toronto]]'s aging and brain health facility at [[Baycrest Health Sciences]].<ref name="CBC obit" />