Nick Mayhugh: Losing my best friends, my grandparents

About this episode

Paralympic sprinter Nick Mayhugh shares the lessons he learned from his grandparents.

Paralympic sprinter Nick Mayhugh shares the lessons he learned from his grandfather Bill Mayhugh, a popular radio host, and his grandmother Shirley Culpeper Mayhugh, a performer who was signed by the same agency that represented Marilyn Monroe

People in this episode

Guest: Nick Mayhugh

Topics covered

• Paralympics
• family
• loss
• sports
• life lessons

Keywords

• Nick Mayhugh
• Paralympics
• grandparents
• life lessons
• Bill Mayhugh
• Shirley Culpeper Mayhugh

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marilyn Monroe

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