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Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
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Sonja Bata — Canadian style icon, businesswoman, philanthropist and shoe lover — dead at 91 | National Post
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Former Quinte resident Sonja Bata, founder of Bata Shoe Organization, has passed away at 91 | QNetNews.ca
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