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Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, (...)
Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, (...)

Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, (...)

Date7/24/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Honest-to-Goodness bash. Honest Ed Mirvish celebrates his 76th birthday yesterday with the help of his wife, Ann, and hundreds of happy well-wishers, who filled Mirvish Village on Markham St. Among those on hand were the Brazilian Lambada Dancers. Mirvish was to leave today for Vancouver for the opening of his production of Les Miserables.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0068789F
Milestone: Very Rev. Stepan Gauk of Oshawa, a Ukrainian Catholic Priest, is toasted by well-wishers yesterday as he celebrates his 100th birthday at the CN Tower
Milestone: Very Rev. Stepan Gauk of Oshawa, a Ukrainian Catholic Priest, is toasted by well-wishers yesterday as he celebrates his 100th birthday at the CN Tower
11/11/1988
Keeping him honest. Wellwishers Tracy, left, and Maria offer Ed Mirvish a big kiss to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mirvish threw a huge party yesterda(...)
Keeping him honest. Wellwishers Tracy, left, and Maria offer Ed Mirvish a big kiss to celebrate his 77th birthday. Mirvish threw a huge party yesterda(...)
7/24/1991
Honest-to-goodness kiss: Lorraine Randell gets an appreciative buss from Ed Mirvish of Honest Ed's department store, where she's worked for 37 years
Honest-to-goodness kiss: Lorraine Randell gets an appreciative buss from Ed Mirvish of Honest Ed's department store, where she's worked for 37 years
12/5/1986
'Honest Ed' Mirvish in his own corner of Toronto - Mirvish Village on Markham St
'Honest Ed' Mirvish in his own corner of Toronto - Mirvish Village on Markham St
11/9/1978
Celebrating birthday: David Kinnear, chairman of T. Eaton Co. Ltd., chats with Honest Ed Mirvish during Eaton's 100th birthday party
Celebrating birthday: David Kinnear, chairman of T. Eaton Co. Ltd., chats with Honest Ed Mirvish during Eaton's 100th birthday party
12/8/1969
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
Edwin (Honest Ed) Mirvish stands outside his Royal Alexandra Theatre which he claims may be forced to close due to competition from city-owned theatres
1/24/1969
It's good for you - honest. Honest Ed Mirvish feeds milk from a baby bottle to a month-old female snow leopard at the Metro zoo yesterday. Toronto Pre(...)
It's good for you - honest. Honest Ed Mirvish feeds milk from a baby bottle to a month-old female snow leopard at the Metro zoo yesterday. Toronto Pre(...)
7/23/1993
Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)
Ed Mirvish. The Honest One. I had jst been married - it was almost 50 years ago - and I cashed in for $214 my wife's insurance policy to open a store.(...)
3/16/1988
Happy throng: Premier Bob Rae, preceded by wife Arlene Perly Rae, greets well-wishers at Legislature last night
Happy throng: Premier Bob Rae, preceded by wife Arlene Perly Rae, greets well-wishers at Legislature last night
10/1/1990
At honest mistake: Peter Zezel and Wendel Clark joined the rest of the Maple Leafs for a cultured evening at the theatre last night and were obviously at home hamming it up with Honest Ed Mirvish
At honest mistake: Peter Zezel and Wendel Clark joined the rest of the Maple Leafs for a cultured evening at the theatre last night and were obviously at home hamming it up with Honest Ed Mirvish
1/20/1992
Ed Mirvish may be the namesake of Honest Ed's store, but someone else -with a really funny, nasal voice -- is passing himself off as Ed in the store's(...)
Ed Mirvish may be the namesake of Honest Ed's store, but someone else -with a really funny, nasal voice -- is passing himself off as Ed in the store's(...)
11/6/1980
Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
Triumphant return: Richard Beecroft jubilantly wheels across the finish line at Nathan Phillips Square as a crowd of well-wishers welcome him back from his global cycling odyssey
8/18/1986