Terry Fox

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Terry Fox in Toronto during the Marathon of Hope (July 1980)
Born	Terrance Stanley Fox (1958-07-28)July 28, 1958 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	June 28, 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 22) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Cause of death	Bone cancer that spread to the lungs
Education	Simon Fraser University
Known for	Marathon of Hope
Title	Companion of the Order of Canada

Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete and activist. He lost one of his legs because of bone cancer when he was 18. He is best known for The Marathon of Hope. This was a run across Canada (with the help of an artificial leg). It started on April 12, 1980 in St. John's, Newfoundland. He did the run to get people to donate money to cancer research. He wanted to run until he got to Vancouver Island. To do this, he planned to run across the country. The goal of the run was to raise 1 million Canadian dollars for cancer research. It was later to raise one dollar for every person in Canada.

Many people helped him during his run. He ran about the distance of a marathon every day. On August 31, 1980, near the town of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Fox's cancer spread to his lungs. He had to stop running. Fox died on June 28, 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 22), in New Westminster, British Columbia. He died a month before his 23rd birthday.

Fox was made a Companion in the Order of Canada before he died. He is the youngest person to be a Companion. There is a statue of him in Ottawa (Canada's capital city), near Parliament Hill. Many schools are named after him, such as the high school he was a student at. He has been put on the Canadian $1 coin.

Fox inspired many Canadians to help people with cancer. Every year, there is the Terry Fox Run. It is a run that gives money to cancer research. As of September 2022, the run has given over 850 million Canadian dollars to cancer research.