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Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)
Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)

Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)

Date3/4/1981
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  • Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)
  • Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles; 4;000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the one-legged runner and other disabled Canadians. Civic officials and the Toronto Medelssohn Choir led the crowd in a tribute to Fox who ran halfway across Canada last summer to raise money for cancer research and is now fighting a losing battle with the disease.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles; 4;000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the one-legged runner and other disabled Canadians. Civic officials and the Toronto Medelssohn Choir led the crowd in a tribute to Fox who ran halfway across Canada last summer to raise money for cancer research and is now fighting a losing battle with the disease.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0048108F
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