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Chat with a folk hero

Chat with a folk hero

Date11/30/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chat with a folk hero: On bended knee, Premier David Peterson has a few words with wheelchair athlete Rick Hansen at dinner during Canadian Centre for Philanthropy conference last night. Hansen, who raised more than $25 million for spinal-cord research on his tour of 34 countries, told audience his greatest success was 'sowing the seeds of hope' among Canada's youth.
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    GeographyProvince stateOntario
    GeographyCountryCanada
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0052944F
      American folk hero lee Iacocca says he gets 500 fan letters a day because readers of his autobiography 'identify with a piece of the book they want to(...)
      American folk hero lee Iacocca says he gets 500 fan letters a day because readers of his autobiography 'identify with a piece of the book they want to(...)
      Iacocca, Lee A.
      3/12/1979
      Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
      Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
      Bull, Ron
      12/18/1996
      Artist Bill Wrigley puts the finishing touches on a mural of folk hero Stompin' Tom Connors on the northwest corner of Church and Dundas Sts. The mura(...)
      Artist Bill Wrigley puts the finishing touches on a mural of folk hero Stompin' Tom Connors on the northwest corner of Church and Dundas Sts. The mura(...)
      Connors, Stompin' Tom, 1936-2013
      8/28/1990
      The hero of Saturday night, Elwy Yost of TVOntario, above left, chats with Joel Green, a feature film distributor
      The hero of Saturday night, Elwy Yost of TVOntario, above left, chats with Joel Green, a feature film distributor
      Combs, Erin
      11/19/1982
      Buzz Beurling. Canada's first war-hero history has been written - and by the hero himself in the same hard-hitting manner in which he dealt out sudden(...)
      Buzz Beurling. Canada's first war-hero history has been written - and by the hero himself in the same hard-hitting manner in which he dealt out sudden(...)
      Bevan, Vince
      7/29/1943
      My Hero!, who is the greatest living American hero today? That's the question editors of the World Almanac asked 3,000 high school students - and the (...)
      My Hero!, who is the greatest living American hero today? That's the question editors of the World Almanac asked 3,000 high school students - and the (...)
      Alda, Alan, 1936-
      5/6/1981
      Extra-Inning hero: Nelson Liriano gets a hero's welcome from Glenallen Hill, left, and Mookie Wilson after his double in the 13th gave the Jays and improbable 6-5 victory and kept the Orioles two lengths back in AL East race
      Extra-Inning hero: Nelson Liriano gets a hero's welcome from Glenallen Hill, left, and Mookie Wilson after his double in the 13th gave the Jays and improbable 6-5 victory and kept the Orioles two lengths back in AL East race
      Goode, Jeff
      9/20/1989
      Hero's welcome: Jeff Kent, the hero in yesterday's 2-1 win, exchanges high-fives with the man he drove in, Kelly Gruber
      Hero's welcome: Jeff Kent, the hero in yesterday's 2-1 win, exchanges high-fives with the man he drove in, Kelly Gruber
      Kent, Jeff, 1968-
      5/30/1992
      Country folk: Ronnie Hawkins (left) and Bruce Cockburn won best country male singer and best folk artist awards respectively at Canadian record industry's annual celebration
      Country folk: Ronnie Hawkins (left) and Bruce Cockburn won best country male singer and best folk artist awards respectively at Canadian record industry's annual celebration
      Hawkins, Ronnie
      4/14/1982
      Chat chat chat: Bam Boo's Patti Habib, Jon Nicholls and ''Party'' Barbara Hershenhorn were chatty at Toronto Women in Film and Video/Holiday Inn Martini Madness party
      Chat chat chat: Bam Boo's Patti Habib, Jon Nicholls and ''Party'' Barbara Hershenhorn were chatty at Toronto Women in Film and Video/Holiday Inn Martini Madness party
      Combs, Erin
      9/11/1990
      Our newest hero, Baumann swims to world record
      Our newest hero, Baumann swims to world record
      Baumann, Alex
      1/26/1982
      Our Hero to residents of the Queen St
      Our Hero to residents of the Queen St
      Dutton, Don
      1/25/1976