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Last respects

Last respects

Date8/17/1979
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Original Toronto Star caption: Last respects: A couple carrying twins are among the thousands who filed past John Diefenbaker's coffin yesterday. Some of the visitors who went to Parliament Hill expecting to see ceremony and found themselves at the late PM's bier.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0043645F
      Last respects: Frieda Vanderbelde, 30, (left) is flanked by two unidentified mourners as she holds a picture of slain ex-Beatle John Lennon during last night's Nathan Phillips Square tribute
      Last respects: Frieda Vanderbelde, 30, (left) is flanked by two unidentified mourners as she holds a picture of slain ex-Beatle John Lennon during last night's Nathan Phillips Square tribute
      Lennon, Frank
      12/10/1980
      Last respects
      Last respects
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      8/19/1979
      Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
      Last respects: Teammates from Richard Persaud's high school basketball team carry the casket bearing his ashes to a waiting hearse
      Russell, Jim
      12/23/1986
      His last respects: A mourner draped in the Quebec fleur de lis flag was among the thousands of Montreal-area people who lined up yesterday to say farewell to former premier Rene Levesque
      His last respects: A mourner draped in the Quebec fleur de lis flag was among the thousands of Montreal-area people who lined up yesterday to say farewell to former premier Rene Levesque
      Lévesque, René, 1922-1987
      11/3/1987
      Last respects
      Last respects
      Ackroyd, Jack
      10/3/1992
      Friends pay last respects to Archie MacCorquodale
      Friends pay last respects to Archie MacCorquodale
      Bull, Ron
      10/27/1978
      Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
      Long wait: Mourners line up yesterday at Maple Leaf Gardens to pay their last respects to sports tycoon Harold Ballard, whose body lay in state in the director's lounge
      Ballard, Harold, 1903-1990
      4/16/1990
      Crowds estimated upwards of 10,000 pushed, cryed and fainted their way through near 90 degree temperatures outside Graceland, Presley's Memphis mansion to pay their last respects
      Crowds estimated upwards of 10,000 pushed, cryed and fainted their way through near 90 degree temperatures outside Graceland, Presley's Memphis mansion to pay their last respects
      Presley, Elvis, 1935-1977
      8/17/1977
      Last respects
      Last respects
      Clancy, King, 1903-1986
      11/13/1986
      Sad visit: Sharon Freeman, left, and her mother, Wendy Maxwell, paid her last respects to the slain Kayala Klaudusz yesterday
      Sad visit: Sharon Freeman, left, and her mother, Wendy Maxwell, paid her last respects to the slain Kayala Klaudusz yesterday
      Gower, Patti
      8/9/1991
      Pays last respects
      Pays last respects
      Diefenbaker, John G., 1895-1979
      11/21/1963
      Vigil for massacred Chinese, Some of the 10,000 mourners who met at Nathan Phillips Square last night pay their respects to Chinese students slain in (...)
      Vigil for massacred Chinese, Some of the 10,000 mourners who met at Nathan Phillips Square last night pay their respects to Chinese students slain in (...)
      Mahler, John
      6/10/1989