John Turner
John Turner
John Napier Wyndham Turner, PC, CC, QCis an English born Canadian lawyer and politician, who served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada from June 30 to September 17, 1984...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth7 June 1929
CountryCanada
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I heard this pop, pop, pop! It sounded like it was circling almost, so I ran outside to see what it was. (There was a) big boom and the pieces started falling.
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The swearing of Turner, a man of immense frame and muscular power, during our evening's conversation, was most terrific. I had heard mountain swearing before, but his went far beyond all former examples. He could do all the swearing for our army in Mexico, and then have a surplus.
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We began a cancer fund drive in conjunction with the tournament, ... She was a close friend, and I felt like I wanted to do something to honor her and raise money for cancer awareness.
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When he was a younger man, Jimmy used to go in for a few beers. He used to tease me because I never drank anything but Coke.