I'm A Celeb's Barry McGuigan reveals daughter made heart-breaking promise before she died
ok.co.ukBarry McGuigan, the 63 year old boxing icon, and his wife Sandra experienced heartbreak in 2019 when their daughter Danika, lovingly nicknamed Nika, died at age 33 after suffering with cancer.
Barry, who made his entrance into I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! on Sunday, shared a poignant memory from 2005 during an interview about learning of Danika's leukaemia, saying, "Finding out that Danika had leukaemia was like being hit with a sledgehammer.There's nothing worse than your child getting sick.
No amount of fighting in the ring could have prepared me for it." He also spoke to the Sunday Times about a gut-wrenching vow Danika made before her untimely death: "After about a year and a half out of school, Danika returned to school - and in a heart-breaking conversation with her father - said she wouldn't get sick again.
She just got on with her life." Barry went on, recalling how Danika embraced life with open arms: "She found a love of drama and is now at acting school in Dublin.The word 'dynamo' doesn't do her justice.
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