Died at 17
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Hudson Meek was born in Alabama and lived in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills. Along with his brother Tucker, he began acting at an early age. In 2014, he briefly appeared in the film The Santa Con, broadcast on the Lifetime television channel in 2014. He later appeared in episodes of the MacGyver reboot, and as a young protagonist in Baby Driver in 2017. He also acted in the television series Found in 2023, and in the feature film The School Duel in 2024. He was cast as Chris Piper in the film 90 Minutes in Heaven. In September 2024, Meek had attended the Deauville American Film Festival in France, where The School Duel, a dystopian thriller film in which he participated, premiered. On December 19, 2024, Meek fell from a vehicle traveling in Vestavia Hills. He was taken to University Hospital in Birmingham, where he died from his injuries on December 21, 2024, aged 16.
The series focuses on Monkey D. Luffy, a young man who, inspired by his childhood idol and powerful pirate "Red Haired" Shanks, sets off on a journey from the East Blue Sea to find the titular treasure and proclaim himself the King of the Pirates. In an effort to organize his own crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy rescues and befriends a swordsman named Roronoa Zoro, and they head off in search of the One Piece. They are joined in their journey by Nami, a navigator and thief; Usopp, a sniper and a pathological liar; and Vinsmoke Sanji, a womanizing chef. They acquire a ship named the Going Merry and engage in confrontations with notorious pirates of the East Blue. As Luffy and his crew set out on their adventures, others join the crew later in the series, including Tony Tony Chopper, a doctor and anthropomorphized reindeer; Nico Robin, an archaeologist and former assassin; Franky, a cyborg shipwright; Brook, a skeletal musician and swordsman; and Jimbei, a fish-man helmsman and former member of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Once the Going Merry becomes damaged beyond repair, the Straw Hat Pirates acquire a new ship named the Thousand Sunny. Together, they encounter other pirates, bounty hunters, criminal organizations, revolutionaries, secret agents and soldiers of the corrupt World Government, and various other friends and foes, as they sail the seas in pursuit of their dreams.
