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GOOD NEIGHBORS: HARRY BOYAJIAN
A Reinvented Life An On Top of the World resident learned a long time ago that life’s ups and downs keep you going. Harry Boyajian has been a photographer, a musician, and a salesman in a long and varied career. He wouldn’t have changed a thing. BY AMANDA CLARK-RUDOLPH
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ou know how Forrest Gump met all those amazing people and completed one incredible event after another? That’s what I thought of when speaking with this amazing entertainer, photographer, and veteran. But unlike the movies, Harry Boyajian is incredibly genuine. I had the honor to follow up with him and his wife, Donna, OCALA’S GOOD LIFE retirement redefined
in their home in On Top of the World, and although Donna was adamant that this was all Harry’s story, she’s a huge part of it, too. The love and respect they had for each other was evident as Donna sat with Harry on the couch, her bare feet nudging him as he expanded on his emotional stories that could quickly fill a paperback memoir. However, for the sake of this article,
