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Dr. Alex Comfort, author of best selling book, The Joy of Sex, is in Toronto to attend a medical convention on aging. Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs (...)
Dr. Alex Comfort, author of best selling book, The Joy of Sex, is in Toronto to attend a medical convention on aging. Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs (...)

Dr. Alex Comfort, author of best selling book, The Joy of Sex, is in Toronto to attend a medical convention on aging. Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs (...)

Date4/17/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dr. Alex Comfort, author of best selling book, The Joy of Sex, is in Toronto to attend a medical convention on aging. Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs interviewed him yesterday and found him a man of almost palpable genius.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0039825F
      An exclusive heart-to-heart over a lunch of vitamin-enriched bread for Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs and the famous bird, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, whose story has sold over 8 million copies
      An exclusive heart-to-heart over a lunch of vitamin-enriched bread for Star staff writer Kildare Dobbs and the famous bird, Jonathan Livingston Seagull, whose story has sold over 8 million copies
      Dobbs, Kildare, 1923-
      10/11/1973
      Travel writer Kildare Dobbs recalls hearing one good piece of advice for tourists
      Travel writer Kildare Dobbs recalls hearing one good piece of advice for tourists
      Dobbs, Kildare, 1923-
      12/19/1989
      On the buses. When Kildare Dobbs decided to cross Canada by bus, it was more than sweet smell of exhaust that lured him. I wanted to have people aroun(...)
      On the buses. When Kildare Dobbs decided to cross Canada by bus, it was more than sweet smell of exhaust that lured him. I wanted to have people aroun(...)
      Dobbs, Kildare, 1923-
      12/10/1992
      Entertainer Mike Magee, or is it Fred Dobbs? Radie and television's Magee created the Dobbs character
      Entertainer Mike Magee, or is it Fred Dobbs? Radie and television's Magee created the Dobbs character
      Barkley, Harold (Hal)
      12/16/1970
      That clever actor Michael Magee scored 12 out of 15 on a tough quiz. He stars on Global TV tonight at 10 in Fred C. Dobbs Goes To Hollywood.
      That clever actor Michael Magee scored 12 out of 15 on a tough quiz. He stars on Global TV tonight at 10 in Fred C. Dobbs Goes To Hollywood.
      Barkley, Harold
      9/7/1983
      Spreading the word: Dr. Peter G. Hanson, left, author of the best-selling book, ''The Joy Of StresséHow To Live Well Past 100,'' checks a script with (...)
      Spreading the word: Dr. Peter G. Hanson, left, author of the best-selling book, ''The Joy Of StresséHow To Live Well Past 100,'' checks a script with (...)
      Faught, Ken
      3/13/1986
      Financial independence is within the grasp of every woman, according to California author Paula Nelson, whose best-selling book, The Joy of Money, has helped to bring her joy, and money, too
      Financial independence is within the grasp of every woman, according to California author Paula Nelson, whose best-selling book, The Joy of Money, has helped to bring her joy, and money, too
      Barkley, Harold
      1/28/1977
      Dobbs-watcher
      Dobbs-watcher
      Cooper, David
      11/15/1976
      A reply to the remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq,
      A reply to the remarks of Arthur Dobbs, Esq,
      Brett, George
      1744
      A voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs galley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for discovering a North west passage, with an accurate survey o(...)
      A voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs galley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for discovering a North west passage, with an accurate survey o(...)
      Ellis, Henry, 1721-1806
      1748
      Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
      Medical heretic: Dr. Robert Mendelsohn has few kind words for his fellow physicians. Doctors in general, he says, should be trusted about as much as used-car salesmen. Chicago MD came to town to promote his best-selling book.
      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      10/7/1980
      Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
      Every corner drug store these days has books on child-rearing availabel to everybody. So how do today's parents bring up their young children - traditionally or permissively? Star staff writer Wendy Dey, left, and child development expert Michael Grapko, discuss these questions with parents who practise both methods. Dr. Grapko is head of the Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto.
      Spremo, Boris
      3/6/1970