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As A Life's End Draws Near, A Father And Son Talk "For me, dying — it's very enlightening and certainly rewarding," David Plant (left) tells Frank Lilley. "Look at the opportunity to talk, for example. It's just incredible." （文本为音频大致内容，可能与音频并非完全一致，欢迎大家贡献听写稿^^） (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And time now for StoryCorps. Today, a story about reaching the end of life. It was recorded as part of StoryCorps' new legacy initiative, an effort to collect interviews with people who have life-threatening conditions. In 2010, David Plant was diagnosed with skin cancer, which has since metastasized in other parts of his body. David recently sat down with his stepson to talk about his death. DAVID PLANT: I'm David Plant. I'm almost 81 years old, and I'm about to speak to my son, Frank. FRANK LILLEY: My name's Frank Lilley, difference in names is because David is my step-father, but I certainly consider him my father. So, you first met me when I was about nine or 10 years old when you married my mother, and I'm just wondering what your impressions were of me at the time. PLANT: You were a good-looking, athletic guy, but you were in the unhappy situation of a broken family. LILLEY: I didn't have a lot of people to look up to at that time - or a lot of friends, really. And so, you became one of those very rapidly. And that meant a lot to me. You know, I was thinking the other day how much I've looked up to you, and used you as an example. And I realized that's what I'm doing right now, again. I'm watching all of this, and I'm trying to learn how are you handling all this. | 
