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Hot new talent. Alison Reid, a member of The Stunt Team, a professional Toronto stunt company, set herself on fire yesterday in a Yonge St. parking lo(...)
Hot new talent. Alison Reid, a member of The Stunt Team, a professional Toronto stunt company, set herself on fire yesterday in a Yonge St. parking lo(...)

Hot new talent. Alison Reid, a member of The Stunt Team, a professional Toronto stunt company, set herself on fire yesterday in a Yonge St. parking lo(...)

Date2/9/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hot new talent. Alison Reid, a member of The Stunt Team, a professional Toronto stunt company, set herself on fire yesterday in a Yonge St. parking lot for a segment on CBC's Switchback TV show. Reid has been in Police Academy and Seeing Things.
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