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Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year
Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year

Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year

Date10/9/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Back on top: Agnes Pretty, who was told she had three weeks to live two years ago, successfully fought acute leukemia and opened her own real estate firm last year.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0025859F
      Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia
      Film Actor Donald Meek died Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian hospital, where he had been under treatment for two weeks for acute leukemia
      AP Wirephoto
      11/20/1946
      Restoration or ruin?, Seventeen years ago, Miklos and Agnes Batky fell in love with the faded elegance of a 1912 Rosedale apartment building on Crescent Rd.
      Restoration or ruin?, Seventeen years ago, Miklos and Agnes Batky fell in love with the faded elegance of a 1912 Rosedale apartment building on Crescent Rd.
      Spremo, Boris
      3/15/1983
      Monkey-shining up to her boss. She's a playful little monkey now but Agnes the orangutan was rather shy when she arrived two months ago from Antwerp Z(...)
      Monkey-shining up to her boss. She's a playful little monkey now but Agnes the orangutan was rather shy when she arrived two months ago from Antwerp Z(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/3/1976
      Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
      Agnes Ketchum started swimming when she was 15, met her husband that way and now, at 81, swims half a mile three days a week - after doing her laundry(...)
      Teskey, Frank
      4/21/1972
      High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
      High hopes: Ernie and Louise MacKay of Brampton have high expectations for their 23-year-old son Stephen, who has fought back from severe brain injuries suffered in a bar incident three years ago
      Dunlop, Alan
      7/1/1987
      Dennis Flynn, a candidate for mayor of Etobicoke, ran for the office three years ago, polling 48 per cent of the vote although he'd been in race only two weeks
      Dennis Flynn, a candidate for mayor of Etobicoke, ran for the office three years ago, polling 48 per cent of the vote although he'd been in race only two weeks
      Bezant, Graham
      11/7/1972
      Janette Martin or Badminton. When Janette Martin arrived in Toronto two years ago from New Brunswick, she had no job and no place to live but she had (...)
      Janette Martin or Badminton. When Janette Martin arrived in Toronto two years ago from New Brunswick, she had no job and no place to live but she had (...)
      Bull, Ron
      6/14/1982
      Engineer wins our fifth prize, Twenty years ago, a San Francisco professor told Dan Mackie, this week's Sunday Star short story winner, that he could write if he just put his mind to it
      Engineer wins our fifth prize, Twenty years ago, a San Francisco professor told Dan Mackie, this week's Sunday Star short story winner, that he could write if he just put his mind to it
      Bock, Tony
      11/3/1982
      Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
      Treasure of Whiterock Estates, Ronald Bluestein sits in his office in downtown Toronto explaining his company's real estate operations in Ontario. He is one of three principals in the firm which subdivides farm land, and then aggressively sells lots with the slogan Own a Piece of Canada. A team of Star investigators has disclosed that titles to many of the Whiterock Estates lots are faulty.
      Ross, Fred
      9/10/1971
      Leukemia victim Trony Dodson in Mount Sinai Hospital, With two years to live, he wants a visit to Disneyland
      Leukemia victim Trony Dodson in Mount Sinai Hospital, With two years to live, he wants a visit to Disneyland
      Dinsmore, Ted
      2/14/1966
      Sister Mary Agnes steers two 3-year-oldsm Jamie, left, and Susie, through their comb-up and freshen-up routine at the Catholic Settlement House Day Nu(...)
      Sister Mary Agnes steers two 3-year-oldsm Jamie, left, and Susie, through their comb-up and freshen-up routine at the Catholic Settlement House Day Nu(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      1/1/1966
      Mrs. Agnes Elliott, 56, of Clarkson, has been on the production line for 13 months, has three sons and two grandchildren
      Mrs. Agnes Elliott, 56, of Clarkson, has been on the production line for 13 months, has three sons and two grandchildren
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      9/1/1943