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The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night
The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night

The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night

Date8/19/1980
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Original Toronto Star caption: The riot: A chair flies during the uproar after Alice Cooper failed to appear at the CNE Tuesday night.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0013501F
      Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled
      Rock fans close to the Grandstand stage cheer as chair flies through the air during rioting last night after Alice Cooper show was cancelled
      Darrell, Dick
      8/19/1980
      Alice Cooper fans threw scores of chairs on the Grandstand stage until police, sheilding themselves with chairs forced them back into stands
      Alice Cooper fans threw scores of chairs on the Grandstand stage until police, sheilding themselves with chairs forced them back into stands
      Darrell, Dick
      8/19/1980
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      Russell, Jim
      1/26/1985
      Brazil's Joao De Oliveira flies through the air with his tongue out during his triple jump
      Brazil's Joao De Oliveira flies through the air with his tongue out during his triple jump
      Bezant, Graham
      8/25/1979
      Flying low. City Express' Dash-7's are carrying the load after its Dash-8s, above, were seized by creditors. Air Ontario, which also flies to Montreal(...)
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      Spremo, Boris
      8/2/1990
      Alice Cooper at the Grandstand last night was a long way from the singer who brought the theatre of horror into rock 'n' roll, reviewer says
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      Cooper, Alice, 1948-
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      The technique: Tying flies is the mysterious preserve of the dedicated fly fisherman, someone who enjoys a relaxed and low-cost hobby
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      Calleja, Frank
      3/23/1982
      Swat the fly contest announced by the Toronto daily star in 1912 who won by Beatrice White, who killed 543,360 flies in just 10 days
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      Goode, Jeff
      n.d.
      A Bushel of flies killed by one packet of Wilson's Fly Pads
      A Bushel of flies killed by one packet of Wilson's Fly Pads
      Wilson's fly pads company
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      Good, bad and dumb: K. D. Lang continued her ride to the top, Alice Cooper (above), still crazy after all these years, Sylvester Stallone (below) as left-wing Rambo
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      Bock, Tony
      2/12/1988
      Cobwebs to catch flies
      Cobwebs to catch flies
      Unknown
      1870
      The two flies : a moral song
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      Cundall, Joseph, 1818-1895
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