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Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says
Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says

Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says

Date12/18/1996
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Original Toronto Star caption: Valdy looks the part of the Great Canadian Folk Hero, with his weathered calm and his rural mannerisms, but he refuses to be typecast as a downhome seer. Things are never that simple, he says.
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