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Farewell to a friend: Tearful mourners say goodbye to Kareem O'Brien outside Jami Mosque in Toronto where his funeral was held yesterday
Farewell to a friend: Tearful mourners say goodbye to Kareem O'Brien outside Jami Mosque in Toronto where his funeral was held yesterday

Farewell to a friend: Tearful mourners say goodbye to Kareem O'Brien outside Jami Mosque in Toronto where his funeral was held yesterday

Date10/4/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Farewell to a friend: Tearful mourners say goodbye to Kareem O'Brien outside Jami Mosque in Toronto where his funeral was held yesterday.
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    GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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    Photographs
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0121229F
      Last Journey: Pallbearers carry the casket of Kareem O'Brien from Jami Mosque after his funeral yesterday
      Last Journey: Pallbearers carry the casket of Kareem O'Brien from Jami Mosque after his funeral yesterday
      Gower, Patti
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      Spremo, Boris
      3/22/1982
      Time Out: A boy looks around last night during prayers at Toronto's Jami Mosque where Muslims marked the start of the holy month Ramadan
      Time Out: A boy looks around last night during prayers at Toronto's Jami Mosque where Muslims marked the start of the holy month Ramadan
      Lautens, Richard
      3/6/1992
      Locked-out Moslems pray in the snow, Nineteen Moslems, with shoes off, kneel on prayer rugs laid on the snow outside Jami' Mosque in last night's 32-d(...)
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      Beaty, Keith
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      Griffin, Doug
      2/6/1972
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      Bull, Ron
      2/4/1983
      Mourners of many faiths - many unable to hold back their tears - say a final farewell to Emanuel Jaques
      Mourners of many faiths - many unable to hold back their tears - say a final farewell to Emanuel Jaques
      Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
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      Eglinton, Rick
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      Funeral services for former mayor Nathan Phillips yesterday in Holy Blossom Temple drew 800 mourners, including (from left) former premier John Robart(...)
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      Phillips, Nathan, 1892-
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      Mourners gather in yesterday's rain at Debbie Silverman's funeral in Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park
      Mourners gather in yesterday's rain at Debbie Silverman's funeral in Bathurst Lawn Memorial Park
      Ross, Fred
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      Torles mourn: Conservative Leader Joe Clark (right) and Etobicoke Centre MP Michael Wilson, for whom Elizabeth Ralph worked, were among 1,500 mourners at yesterday's funeral
      Torles mourn: Conservative Leader Joe Clark (right) and Etobicoke Centre MP Michael Wilson, for whom Elizabeth Ralph worked, were among 1,500 mourners at yesterday's funeral
      Ralph, Wallace
      11/17/1982
      Muslims praying in Toronto's Jami Mosque represent a new facet of Canadian religious life
      Muslims praying in Toronto's Jami Mosque represent a new facet of Canadian religious life
      Beaty, Keith
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