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StoryCorps in KC: Stephanie Leedy and Jim Leedy

Stephanie Leedy and Jim Leedy, recorded in the StoryCorps MobileBooth in Kansas City, Mo.
Stephanie Leedy and Jim Leedy, recorded in the StoryCorps MobileBooth in Kansas City, Mo.

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Kansas City, MO – At StoryCorps recording booths across the country, friends and loved ones interview each other about their lives. Each Tuesday during Morning Edition, we'll bring you a story from the MobileBooth in Kansas City.

Stephanie Leedy, brought her father, Jim Leedy, an artist and retired Kansas City Art Institute sculpture professor who turns 80 next month. They talked about staying young, and what it was like for Stephanie to grow up with an artist for a father.

StoryCorps MobileBooth was stationed at 63rd Street and Brookside Boulevard, September 9, 2010 to October 2, 2010. StoryCorps in Kansas City is sponsored by Mid-Continent Public Library.

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