34. Linda shares that Harry Leary stuck by Shelly's side, when she was sick, when she passed...

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wnciNP9qTGI

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2025-11-15

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0:19

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34. Linda Leary Taylor describes how her brother, BMX legend Harry Leary, stuck by the side of the love of his life's pancreatic cancer fight. The whole Leary family was there for them both and they truly felt as if Shelly was a member of the family.  

Quotes from the clip:

  “Harry stuck by her side.”

   “He was her rock.”

   “He took care of her.”

   “It was a long and painful illness.”

   When Shelly passed, “something left with Harry as well.”

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Transcript

Yeah. No, we were all there. Harry stuck by her side. He was her rock. He took
by her side. He was her rock. He took care of her. Um, it was a long and
care of her. Um, it was a long and painful illness. And when she passed,
painful illness. And when she passed, something left with Harry as well.

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