43. Linda would like to do something in Harry Leary's name - to help others with CTE

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2025-11-15

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43. Linda Leary Taylor would like to do something in Harry Leary’s name and memory to help other people with CTE. She is unsure of the path forward with that still, but it is a dream she has. Particularly within the BMX world. She shares that she believes there are others out there who have no clue about why they are feeling the way they are. 

  Are they crazy? No.

  CTE stands for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is it is a progressive degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head injuries - such as concussions. It leads to the death of nerve cells in the brain and is characterized by a buildup of tau protein, which is also found in Alzheimer's disease.

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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I and I'm not really sure the avenues to take at this point, but I would like to
take at this point, but I would like to do something in Harry's name to help
do something in Harry's name to help other people with CTE,
other people with CTE, particularly in the BMX world.
particularly in the BMX world. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> To open up doors. There might be people
>> To open up doors. There might be people out there with the same symptoms Harry
out there with the same symptoms Harry had.
had. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> That have no clue as to why they're
>> That have no clue as to why they're feeling the way they're feeling.
feeling the way they're feeling. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> They may think that they're crazy, but
>> They may think that they're crazy, but that's not the case.
that's not the case. >> It's a disease. is they have a form of
>> It's a disease. is they have a form of brain damage and I'm not even sure how
brain damage and I'm not even sure how to go about it.
to go about it. >> Sure.
>> Sure. >> I just feel that God will open the doors
>> I just feel that God will open the doors up for me when the time is right
up for me when the time is right >> and I just feel that
>> and I just feel that there's more meaning to Harry's death
there's more meaning to Harry's death than what is happening at this point in
than what is happening at this point in time. There's more. Well,
time. There's more. Well, >> I believe that and I wouldn't be here
>> I believe that and I wouldn't be here having this conversation with you if I
having this conversation with you if I didn't wholeheartedly believe that. So
didn't wholeheartedly believe that. So yeah,
yeah, >> it would add meaning to his life and
>> it would add meaning to his life and make the legend Harry Liry the legend
make the legend Harry Liry the legend live on in as much as people could think
live on in as much as people could think of him more along the lines of well he
of him more along the lines of well he had CTE but look at what he's done in
had CTE but look at what he's done in awareness of that disease.
awareness of that disease. >> Yeah. Because of him.

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