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My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
https://amp.wbur.org/onlyagame/2018/12/14/lin-wang-charles-barkleyYou're crying!
The funeral was set near the outskirts of Iowa City in a house by the woods. I was talking to my childhood friend when she suddenly looked stunned. I turned to look behind me.
And standing there — drenched in sweat from the Iowa summer, towering over everyone in the room at 6 feet, 6 inches tall — was Charles Barkley.
"I had not met anybody in your family," Barkley said. "I didn’t know anybody there."
Everyone watched, astonished, as this man — this man we only knew from TV, this worldwide celebrity — walked down the aisle, looked at us and sighed.
And standing there — drenched in sweat from the Iowa summer, towering over everyone in the room at 6 feet, 6 inches tall — was Charles Barkley.
"I had not met anybody in your family," Barkley said. "I didn’t know anybody there."
Everyone watched, astonished, as this man — this man we only knew from TV, this worldwide celebrity — walked down the aisle, looked at us and sighed.
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