A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)

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A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday, where Mayor Art Eggleton declared(...)

Date4/17/1985

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Fitzgerald, Ella, 1917-1996 (subject)

Spremo, Boris (photographer)

Toronto Star (Firm) (publisher)

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Original Toronto Star caption: A tribute to Ella. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn admires a plaque presented to Ella Fitzgerald at city hall yesterday; where Mayor Art Eggleton declared the day Ella Fitzgerlad Day in Toronto. The singer opened Monday night at the Royal York Hotel's Imperial Room.

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