AdvertisementJust Days Before Her Father Died, She Told Him What He Meant To HerMarch 25, 2016NPR StafffacebookEmailEva Vega-Olds on her wedding day in May 2009 with her father, Leonardo Vega. As he walked her down the aisle, he cracked a joke in their family's characteristic sarcasm, telling her: "It's my day. I finally get rid of you." (Courtesy of Eva Vega-Olds)