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Casson marks 88th birthday at benefit dinner

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Casson marks 88th birthday at benefit dinner

Date5/15/1986

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Casson, Alfred Joseph "AJ", 1898-1992 (subject)

Cooper, David (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Casson marks 88th birthday at benefit dinner. John Aird, right, chancellor of the University of Toronto, shakes the hand of A. J. Casson at a dinner at the Royal York Hotel last night while Roy McMurtry, high commissioner to Britain, and broadcaster Betty Kennedy look on. Casson, last surviving member of the Group of Seven, was celebrating his 88th birthday at the fundraising benefit for sufferers of Alzheimer's disease.

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