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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(...)
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(...)

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(...)

Date11/27/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: 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 Canadian Gas Association and set up an art studio. Last night friends and business associates attended a showing of his paintings at St. Lawrence Hall. Bessey and wife June are shown with one of his works.
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