Wife fights to know why miner died Husband, 40, never told of rare illness; now widow battles Ontario red tape.
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| Title: | Wife fights to know why miner died Husband, 40, never told of rare illness; now widow battles Ontario red tape. |
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| Authors: | Charlie Angus |
| Source: | Toronto Star (Canada). 12/12/1995. |
| Abstract: | THIN AND intense, Gladys Hoskins sits at her kitchen table and says she wants to set the record straight: "Mervyn loved mining. He wasn't the kind of man looking for a handout. He needed help." Mervyn Hoskins died last April at the age of 40 from sarcoidosis, a rare lung disease. His widow believes her husband contracted the disease while working years in mines in Ontario and across Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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| Abstract: | THIN AND intense, Gladys Hoskins sits at her kitchen table and says she wants to set the record straight: "Mervyn loved mining. He wasn't the kind of man looking for a handout. He needed help." Mervyn Hoskins died last April at the age of 40 from sarcoidosis, a rare lung disease. His widow believes her husband contracted the disease while working years in mines in Ontario and across Canada. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
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