Dead at 80, master comedian Jack Benny last appeared in Toronto in April, 1972, when he played his priceless Stradivarius in a Massey Hall benefit con(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Dead at 80, master comedian Jack Benny last appeared in Toronto in April, 1972, when he played his priceless Stradivarius in a Massey Hall benefit concert. As the ever-39-year-old tightwad fiddler from Waukegan, ill, a master of timing and the double take, Benny brought laughter to millions.