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Ushered away: Protestor Richard Dildy was dragged off stage at the Baptist congress last night after he interrupted a play by proclaiming Jesus is not coming back. No charges were laid by police.
Ushered away: Protestor Richard Dildy was dragged off stage at the Baptist congress last night after he interrupted a play by proclaiming Jesus is not coming back. No charges were laid by police.

Ushered away: Protestor Richard Dildy was dragged off stage at the Baptist congress last night after he interrupted a play by proclaiming Jesus is not coming back. No charges were laid by police.

Date7/8/1980
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  • Ushered away: Protestor Richard Dildy was dragged off stage at the Baptist congress last night after he interrupted a play by proclaiming Jesus is not coming back. No charges were laid by police.
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Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Black activist Richard Dildy - who was once arrested for proclaiming Santa a fraud during Toronto's annual Santa Claus parade - is dead at age 47. He died of kidney and liver failure in Wellesley Hospital Friday. The United States-born insurance salesman spent most of his life trying to convince parents to stop telling children that Santa Claus is coming to town. [Incomplete]
Stawicki, Andrew
4/9/1987
Richard Dildy
Richard Dildy
Cooper, David
11/24/1982
Santa foe: Richard Dildy resumed his war on Santa in yesterday's parade.
Santa foe: Richard Dildy resumed his war on Santa in yesterday's parade.
Combs, Erin
2/7/1980
Richard Dildy found it pays to advertise
Richard Dildy found it pays to advertise
Griffin, Doug
10/11/1978
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
Walter Baker, a prospector for 65 of his 83, years, holds the trophy presented to him by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada proclaiming him Prospector of the Year. At left, he pans for gold.
Griffin, Doug
3/9/1988
Resuming their honeymoon, interrupted by immigration red tape after their marriage in U
Resuming their honeymoon, interrupted by immigration red tape after their marriage in U
Teskey, Frank
4/23/1971
Joe Solski. Dragged for two blocks
Joe Solski. Dragged for two blocks
Dinsmore, Ted
9/18/1970
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Risked lives: Andy Patterson, 32, flanked by Dean Ribble (left), 12, and his brother, George, 10, dragged Patterson's 12-year-old son, Billy, screaming from a Mississauga building after 8,000 volts shot through the boy's body when he caught a foot in a transformer room
Calleja, Frank
2/28/1980
Yes! Says Michael Marrus, a history professor at U of T. If english was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me. [Incomplete]
Yes! Says Michael Marrus, a history professor at U of T. If english was good enough for Jesus Christ, it's good enough for me. [Incomplete]
Loek, Dick
4/23/1978
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
When law student Steve Cohen embraced Jews for Jesus, his mother said to him Don't write, Don't call, don't visit. That was eight years ago, Cohen says. My children have never met their grandparents and it's a heartache for me. But his commitment is unshaken.
Stuparyk, Michael
8/31/1984
Officials: Left, Arnold Roberts, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brampton and, right, Dick Robertson, director of public communications
Officials: Left, Arnold Roberts, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brampton and, right, Dick Robertson, director of public communications
Stuparyk, Michael
7/26/1990
In from the cold: Walter Day no longer actively smuggles Bibles into Communist countries because his face is too well known, but he now heads the Canadian branch of Jesus to the Communist World, with offices in St. Thomas.
In from the cold: Walter Day no longer actively smuggles Bibles into Communist countries because his face is too well known, but he now heads the Canadian branch of Jesus to the Communist World, with offices in St. Thomas.
Mahler, John
11/1/1979