In June of 2018, Harry Leslie Smith predicted he would be dead before Christmas. He was 95, and his body was tired from old age and the relentless work schedule he undertook for the last five years of his life to do his Harry's Last Stand tour, "to not make his past our future."
He was exhausted and physically weak after being battered by an unforgiving and persistent lung infection. In July, despite his diminished health, he agreed to do a video for UNHCR Canada to help make refugees welcome. My dad knew his time was short, but he didn't want to be selfish with the time left to him. Harry Leslie Smith used his last few months of life to advocate for others, and that is not only remarkable but heroic.
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