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I'm A Celeb's Barry McGuigan's very famous dad who starred on Eurovision

Barry McGuigan has wowed I'm A Celebrity viewers with his boxing stories and his links to the world of sport - but his late father was a star in his own right

This newfound success led to him being invited to sing the American National Anthem before the world championship bout between Carlos Santos and Buster Drayton in New Jersey on June 13, 1986. In a heart-wrenching interview with the Irish Independent in 2017, Barry shared: "My father, Pat McGuigan, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a rare type of blood cancer, at the age of 52. In scenes aired on Tuesday, December 3, the former world boxing champion hit all the right notes as he joined Danny Jones for a rendition of the McFly song Shine A Light.

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