The Continuity of Living and Life with The Champ Sugar Ray Leonard
Story Worthy
Story Worthy Media
4.1 • 529 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2014
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Champ himself, Sugar Ray Leonard, talks about his life, his challenges, his successes and the Continuity of Living and Life, right now on Story Worthy! This episode is dedicated to Christine's father, Jack Blackburn.
Each week Hollywood’s most talented people in the entertainment industry share true, personal stories on the Story Worthy Podcast. Story Worthy celebrates 14 years of podcasting in July 2024 and has over 800 episodes recorded. Christine Blackburn is the creator, host and producer of Story Worthy, Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show, and My Life In 3 Songs exclusively on Spotify.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, you guys, this is Christine Blackburn with the Storyworthy podcast. And I just want to say thank you so much for listening to the show, for going to Stitcher.com and hearing the show. Also, you can hear us, of course, on iTunes and SoundCloud. And the best thing you can do to support our show is to tell your family members, your friends, and your coworkers to tune in to Storyworthy. And that way we can keep the train rolling. |
| 0:21.3 | Hello there. I'm Sugar Ray Leonard, and you're listening to Storyworthy. |
| 0:25.0 | Ding. |
| 0:39.1 | Welcome to the Story Worthy podcast. |
| 0:43.8 | Here are your hosts, Christine Blackburn and Hannah Sfinney. |
| 1:14.7 | Welcome to Storyworthy. My name is Christine Blackburn, and I am here solo today. That's right. Hanas Finney, my co-host, could not be here today. And I'll tell you something, folks. If he could be, he would be. Because we have a heck of a guest on the show tonight. And I just, I couldn't be more thrilled to have the champ himself here, Sugar Ray Leonard. |
| 1:17.5 | And so Honest Finney, eat your heart out. |
| 1:18.8 | I'm here with Ray. |
| 1:21.9 | And so excited that he's here tonight. I was emailing with Ray's assistant. |
| 1:24.1 | And I asked his assistant what Ray would like to talk about. |
| 1:27.4 | And he came back with wanting to |
| 1:29.5 | talk about the continuity of living and life. The continuity of living and life. And so I say to myself, |
| 1:38.4 | you know, what does all of it mean? Continuity of living in life. And as many people in our audience know, my father passed away six months ago in February |
| 1:48.8 | of this year, Jack Blackburn. |
| 1:52.1 | And, you know, I was with him the last six days of his life. |
| 1:57.8 | And, you know, he was on hospice at home. |
| 2:00.8 | And I got to hold him in my arms when he took |
| 2:05.7 | his last breath. I mean, it was, you know, it was just profound is what it was. And, you know, |
| 2:14.0 | it's been six months and I thought that it wouldn't affect me the way it has because I thought I only ever saw my dad like once a year anyway. |
| 2:23.1 | But it has been very impactful for me. |
| 2:26.8 | And so when Ray brings forth this topic, the continuity of living in life, you know, it just reminds me of my dad. |
| 2:34.5 | So I want to dedicate tonight's show to my dad, Jack Blackburn. |
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