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Piano is his forte. Showbiz is Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae's second choice if politics ever palls. The pianist belted out first tune as a pro yesterday(...)
Piano is his forte. Showbiz is Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae's second choice if politics ever palls. The pianist belted out first tune as a pro yesterday(...)

Piano is his forte. Showbiz is Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae's second choice if politics ever palls. The pianist belted out first tune as a pro yesterday(...)

Date5/7/1986
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Original Toronto Star caption: Piano is his forte. Showbiz is Ontario NDP Leader Bob Rae's second choice if politics ever palls. The pianist belted out first tune as a pro yesterday after Toronto Musicians Union president Bobby Herriot Signed him up.
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