Today's Interview:Ed Begley Jr. remembers his longtime friend, Kentucky native Harry Dean Stanton

WEKU | By John McGary

Published July 9, 2025 at 7:30 AM EDT

Harry Dean Stanton and Ed Begley Jr. in the film "Lucky"

The annual Harry Dean Stantonfest is this weekend in Lexington and the guest of honor is an actor who worked with the Kentucky native several times and knew him for 45 years. In Today’s Interview, John McGary speaks with Ed Begley Jr.

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John McGary is a Lexington native and Navy veteran with three decades of radio, television and newspaper experience.

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