Stuntmen like carter of course make their money on people's bloodlust

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Stuntmen like carter of course make their money on people's bloodlust

Date9/6/1983

Names

Carter, Kenneth (subject)

Dunlop, Al (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Stuntmen like carter of course make their money on people's bloodlust. If he's an unsuccessful stunt man so much the better - chances are increased that he will crash and be killed or horribly hurt. The thin pretense of respectability surrounding these events was ripped away when Carter's car crashed. Rob Robinson, the 13-year-old son of Art Robinson who financed the Peterborough jump, witnessed

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Stunt performers

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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives

CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive

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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0036807F

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