Terry Fox

Terry Fox running across Canada

Terry Fox was born on July 28^th, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is well known by everybody for running in the Marathon of Hope. He is/was an important man to people around the world who looked up to him; he had a big heart and a big dream. Terry Fox is considered a national hero, he has had many buildings, roads, and parks named in his honour across the country. He was an athlete and cancer research activist, who in 1980 began the Marathon Of Hope. A cross country run to raise money for cancer research while one of his legs had been amputated. In 1977 after he was diagnosed with ostenosarcoma, although he still ran using an artificial leg. Fox was the youngest person ever named a Companion of the Order of Canada. He won the 1980 Lou Marsh Award where he had begin with little fanfare from St. John's Newfoundland in April. He ran the equivalent of a full marathon everyday. Terry had become a national star by the time he reached his deadline in Ontario; he made numerous public appearances with businessmen, athletes, and politicians in his efforts to raise money. He had no choice but to quit the race at Thunder Bay when the cancer spread into his lungs. His hopes of getting over the disease and completing his marathon ended when he died 9 months later. I myself have been to Thunder Bay where the building and statue of Terry Fox is and me and my family had gone on the walk that they have around there. He wasn't just a hero of a marathon he also played wheelchair basketball in Vancouver winning 3 national championships. I think that Terry Fox suffered his life for something very important to everybody in this world, and should prove that anything is possible if you believe. Terry took his heart and energy to walk across Canada with a amputated leg to raise money for the cancer association

Terry Fox has fallen into a coma and died at 4:35 a.m. on June 28th, 1981 with his family aside. His funeral, attended by 40 relatives and 200 guests, was broadcast on national television; hundreds of communities across Canada also held memorial services, a public memorial service was held on  Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and Canadians again overwhelmed Cancer Society offices with donations.