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Fulfilling an ambition to lift ballet superstar Karen Kain just as her stage partners do, Peter Gzowski triumphantly accomplished the task on his last(...)
Fulfilling an ambition to lift ballet superstar Karen Kain just as her stage partners do, Peter Gzowski triumphantly accomplished the task on his last(...)

Fulfilling an ambition to lift ballet superstar Karen Kain just as her stage partners do, Peter Gzowski triumphantly accomplished the task on his last(...)

Date5/6/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Fulfilling an ambition to lift ballet superstar Karen Kain just as her stage partners do, Peter Gzowski triumphantly accomplished the task on his last 90 Minutes Live show which was taped earlier for broadcast tonight on CBC-TV (Channel 5). Gzowski won't be with the show when it returns in fall. He steered it for 1 1/2 years.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Object NumberTSPA_0052285F
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      From Executive to artist. Jim Bessey if fulfilling a lifelong ambition. The 52-year-old Toronto resident has quit his job as an executive of the Canad(...)
      Griffin, Doug
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      Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
      11/2/1982
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      Combs, Erin
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      Cooper, David
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