52. Linda shares that Harry Leary was going to take his final jump into the Grand Canyon

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rUqlq54Jud0

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2025-11-15

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0:31

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52. If Harry Leary ever got terminally ill… He said that he wouldn’t let his family know. Harry elaborated that he would take his bike off of the Grand Canyon to end his life. 

His sister Linda reflects that “he used to talk about it all of the time” during a recent conversation with Linda Leary Taylor while walking over the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, AZ.

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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And let me tell you, Harry said that if he ever got terminally ill,
he ever got terminally ill, >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> he would never let his family know. What
>> he would never let his family know. What he would do is he would take his bike
he would do is he would take his bike and ride it off of the Grand Canyon to
and ride it off of the Grand Canyon to end his life.
end his life. >> Oh.
>> Oh. >> So that was like Harry's ultimate. And
>> So that was like Harry's ultimate. And he used to talk about it all the time. I
he used to talk about it all the time. I said, you know, you're stupid. You're
said, you know, you're stupid. You're just stupid. Don't even talk about it.
just stupid. Don't even talk about it. But yeah, he wouldn't do any crazy
But yeah, he wouldn't do any crazy stupid thing like

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