Sugar Ray

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Oct 5, 2026

The Midlife Chrysalis

He Died 11 Years Ago. Their Relationship Never Ended. | Lucy Kalanithi

Oct 5 · 2 Mentions

Chip ConleyHOST

38:57

It's very interesting.

Chip ConleyHOST

38:58

I, I, I had a relationship in, 20 years ago with my partner Donald, uh, for eight years, and our glue was Sugar Ray, our dog, and then Sugar Ray passed, a surprise passing.

Chip ConleyHOST

39:11

You know, it was a he-- Sugar Ray was not that old and, but was having his teeth cleaned and, uh, the anesthetic unfortunately killed Sugar Ray, and my relationship with Donald phased out as a result of that.

Chip ConleyHOST

39:25

And similarly this year, you know, uh, Oren and my partner, um, and who I was with before I got together with Donald and after I got [chuckles] together with Donald and I'm married to, uh, and now we're gonna be getting divorced.

Chip ConleyHOST

39:40

We had a dog, Jamie, and, and dog, and, and Oren is a dog trainer, and so very much lovingly helped this riffraff dog, street dog in Baja turn into a lovely h-home dog.