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Special delivery

Special delivery

Date7/8/1982
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Original Toronto Star caption: Special delivery: Claudio and Rita Fantinel beam as they watch their sleeping son, Christopher, born yesterday at Wellesley Hospital. Christopher is the first child in Canada to be born to a man who has had testicular cancer. Claudio had some of his sperm stored in 1980 when his disease was diagnosed.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0025680F
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