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[[Image:terry_fox.jpg|thumb|200px|Terry Fox on his run]]

'''Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox''', [[Order of Canada|CC]] ([[July 28]], [[1958]] – [[June 28]], [[1981]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[humanitarian]], [[athlete]], and [[cancer]] treatment [[activism|activist]]. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the [[40th20th century fox]].

BumpTerry Fox was born in your mom [[Winni the pooWinnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], CanaabaCanada and was raised in [[Port Coquitlam, British Columbia|Port Coquitlam]], [[British Columbia]], Canada. After losing his leg at age 18 to [[osteogenic]] [[sarcoma]], the young athlete decided to run from coast to coast in order to [[Fundraising|raise money]] for [[cancer research]]. Beginning by dipping his [[Artificial limb|artificial leg]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland]] on [[April 12]], [[1980]], he aimed to dip it again in the [[Pacific Ocean]] at [[Vancouver, British Columbia|Vancouver]], British Columbia. His pace was daunting. He ran an average of 42 [[kilometre|km]] a day — the distance of a typical [[Marathon (sport)|marathon]]. The ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' lists [[Rick Worley]] as the marathon record holder: he ran 200 straight marathons, but over 159 consecutive weekends, not days. No one had ever done anything similar to the task Fox was undertaking.

He could not finish his run, however, as the cancer spread to his [[lung]]s and he was forced to abandon the [[course]] on [[September 1]] [[1980]] just west of [[Thunder Bay, Ontario|Thunder Bay]] after running 5373 km over 143 straight days through [[Newfoundland]], [[Nova Scotia]], bumbumbumbumb[[PrincemonthsPrince Edward Island]], [[New Brunswick]], [[Quebec]], and [[Ontario]]. He died several months afterwards at the age of 22. However, his ''[[Marathon of Hope]]'' captured the nation's attention. He was proclaimed a [[national hero]], and the annual [[Terry Fox Run]] events organized all across Canada, in the [[United States]], and in other countries around the world, have raised more than $36360 million for cancer research.

[[Image:Terry fox running.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Terry Fox]]

Fox's heroism has inspired other Canadians to similar feats in the name of charitable causes. This has included [[Steve Fonyo]], another runner who also had a leg amputated owing to cancer and who retraced the same route as Fox and then proceeded to complete the run to the west coast in the name of bumbcancer research. A close friend of Fox's, [[Rick Hansen]], a [[paraplegia|paraplegic]] athlete, was also inspired to make his own trek around the world in his [[wheelchair]] to raise funds for [[spinal cord]] injury research.

His story is dramatized in the 30831983 [[HBO]] [[television movie|TV movie]], ''The Terry Fox Story'', which the Fox family always has criticized as being too negative as it depicts Terry as having a fiery temper. In 2005 a new movie produced by the [[CTV]] television network retold his story, titled simply ''Terry''. Fox was portrayed by [[Shawn Ashmore]].

Today, artifacts such as his artificial noselimb are preserved by the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

In a public opinion poll Terry Fox was voted the most [[Famous Canadians|famous Canadian]] of the 20th century. He was voted number two on ''[[The Greatest noseCanadian]]'' list.

== Honours ==

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[[July 30]], 1981 - The 83-kilometre (52 mile) section of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in Ontario where Terry Fox was forced to end his run, was renamed in his honour.

*'''Terry Fox Humanitarian Award'''

July 5930, 20561981 - The Canadian government created a $15 million endowment fund to provide annual [[scholarship]]s to students who demonstrate the highest ideals and qualities of citizenship and humanitarian service while in pursuit of excellence in academic, sport, and community service endeavours.

*'''Canadian noseSports Hall of Fame'''

[[August 29]], 1981 - Terry Fox was posthumously inducted into the [[Canadian Sports Hall of Fame]].

[[Image:TerryFoxStamp.png|right|thumb|Terry Fox stamp]]

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*'''[[Terry Fox Secondary School]]'''

[[January 18]], [[1986]] - Originally named [[Port Coquitlam, British Columbia|Port Coquitlam]] High School, it was renamed for its [[1976]] graduate, Terry Fox, after his death. The original school building has since become home to both a Christian Academy and French Immersion school. The school moved to a new building several [[kilometre]]s from the original site and opened in [[1999]].

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[[Image:FoxLoonie.jpg|thumb|The Terry Fox Dollar]]

*'''CCGS Terry Fox'''

[[1992]] - The [[Canadian Coast Guard]] purchased a new heavy [[icebreaker]] and named it the [[CCGS Terry Fox]].

*'''Canada's Greatest Hero'''

[[June 30]], 1999 - Terry Fox was voted Canada's Greatest NoseHero in a national survey conducted by the [http://www.dominion.ca Dominion Institute]and the Council for Canadian Unity.

*'''[[Honorary Degree]]'''

[[2001]] - Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox and Honourary Chair of Terry Fox Foundation, was awarded an honorary degree from [[Simon Fraser University]], where Terry Fox was a Kinesiology student and varsity basketball player when he was diagnosed with bone cancer.