54. One year ago today, Linda was notified by the police about Harry Leary - around noon that day

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I8UBWXMIp74

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2025-11-15

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1:23

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54. Linda Leary Tayolr shares about being notified by the Police of BMX Legend Harry Leary’s passing. 

She shares that there was a policeman sitting on her porch. Her first thought was there was an accident with her daughter who was on a hunting trip. When the policeman asked if she knew Harry Leary - she felt a wave of relief. 

   She originally thought “they are here to serve him with papers for something he did.”

   Kyle chuckled and mentioned “makes sense right?”

   Linda: “Exactly!”

But then the policeman said “Well, I need to tell you he’s deceased.”

We invite you to listen to our recent conversation about BMX legend Harry Leary with one of his sisters, Linda Leary Taylor, while walking over the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, AZ.

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one year ago today. That's Do you mind if we talk a little bit more
Do you mind if we talk a little bit more about kind of that or life since then?
about kind of that or life since then? How things have been?
How things have been? >> Yes, we can talk about the morning. I
>> Yes, we can talk about the morning. I was that they showed up. Um, yeah. No,
was that they showed up. Um, yeah. No, I'm open just to ask me questions. I'll
I'm open just to ask me questions. I'll be as forthcoming as I can be.
be as forthcoming as I can be. >> So, you said you were notified by the
>> So, you said you were notified by the police of Harry's passing.
police of Harry's passing. Do you mind kind of walking me through
Do you mind kind of walking me through that scene and say perhaps the following
that scene and say perhaps the following 48 hours in your world?
48 hours in your world? >> It was about noon that they showed up at
>> It was about noon that they showed up at my door. And when I walked out there,
my door. And when I walked out there, there was a policeman sitting on my
there was a policeman sitting on my front porch. And I'm like, originally, I
front porch. And I'm like, originally, I feel, you know, my daughter was up
feel, you know, my daughter was up hunting in Colorado in the back
hunting in Colorado in the back mountains, and when he showed up on my
mountains, and when he showed up on my doorstep, I had this overwhelming fear
doorstep, I had this overwhelming fear that it was about her.
that it was about her. >> Oh.
>> Oh. >> And oh,
>> And oh, >> so when I walked out, they asked me, "Do
>> so when I walked out, they asked me, "Do you know Harry Liry?" And then, of
you know Harry Liry?" And then, of course, I felt a total sense of relief.
course, I felt a total sense of relief. I said, "Yeah, he's my brother." And so
I said, "Yeah, he's my brother." And so I originally thought, okay, they're here
I originally thought, okay, they're here to serve him with papers for something
to serve him with papers for something he did.
he did. >> Yeah, makes sense, right?
>> Yeah, makes sense, right? >> Exactly. And I said, well, yeah, he's my
>> Exactly. And I said, well, yeah, he's my brother. And at that point he said,
brother. And at that point he said, "Well, I need to tell you he's deceased.

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