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Duncan was adopted by William and Pam King after their first child, Megan, died suddenly while asleep when she was 3 months old. About 1,000 infants fall victim to crib deaths each year in Canada
Duncan was adopted by William and Pam King after their first child, Megan, died suddenly while asleep when she was 3 months old. About 1,000 infants fall victim to crib deaths each year in Canada

Duncan was adopted by William and Pam King after their first child, Megan, died suddenly while asleep when she was 3 months old. About 1,000 infants fall victim to crib deaths each year in Canada

Date4/24/1974
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Original Toronto Star caption: Duncan was adopted by William and Pam King after their first child; Megan; died suddenly while asleep when she was 3 months old. About 1;000 infants fall victim to crib deaths each year in Canada.
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Object NumberTSPA_0021469F
Visited Romania: Mary-Lee Conte, left, and Dawn Luker, with adopted Romanian children Nadine, Megan and Steven, formed a non-profit group to raise funds for an orphanage in that country
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Blinded by smallpox, Tepi, a Bangladesh orphan adopted by Peter and Jean Hughes of Rockwood gets acquainted with her new parents. The girl, found aban(...)
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Mrs. Frank Gendron, and David, 3, She wants to adopt a sister for her adopted son
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Steve and Claudine Goller of Scarborough adopted Rudy, 13, and Grace, 11, three years ago
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A new little Canadian, Anne Hull plays with her tiny adopted daughter, Alexandra, in Mississauga
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