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Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, which Fox ran with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research. Terrence Edward Fox (Born: July 31, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former righthanded Major League Baseball relief pitcher/closer who played seven seasons from 1960 to 1966. ...
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Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ...
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Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...
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Camp Julien, Afghanistan - Major-General Andrew Leslie leads Canadian troops through one of the many 2-km laps of the camp perimeter that make up the first Terry Fox Run ever held in Kabul. ...
Biography
Terry Fox was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Rolly and Betty Fox. He was raised in the family home on Morrill Street in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, with his brother Fred, his younger brother Darrel, and his sister Judith. Motto: Template:Unhide = Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Location City Information Established: 1738 (Fort Rouge), 1873 (City of Winnipeg) Area: 465. ...
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Sports As a child, Fox was always an active sports fan, with diving being his favourite sport. Four things were evident about him; first, he loved sports of all kinds - soccer, rugby union, baseball, and basketball. Second, he was not tall, so he had to work harder than the bigger kids. Third, he was extremely competitive. Lastly, he had a huge amount of determination. For other uses, see Dive. ...
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In junior high school, Fox loved basketball and wanted to play guard on the Mary Hill Cobras team. He was only 5 feet tall at the time and mediocre at the game. In order to achieve his goal, he spent every day practising his basketball skills. By Grade Ten, he was one of the best guards. In senior high school he was a starting guard for the Port Coquitlam Ravens. Thus, he achieved his goal because of his determination. This article is about the sport. ...
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In his teenage years, he won numerous medals in diving and swimming competitions, and impressed many people with his stamina and endurance. Though many of his instructors encouraged him to stay with water sports and train professionally, Fox instead pursued the dream of becoming a physical education teacher. After graduating with honours from Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School (which was later renamed Terry Fox Secondary School in his honor), he studied kinesiology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. Fox was an active student at SFU and participated in a variety of on-campus clubs and groups. Physical education (PE) is the interdisciplinary study of all area of science relating to the transmission of physical knowledge and skills to an individual or a group, the application of these skills, and their results. ...
Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with 2,000 students located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ...
Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with 2,000 students located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ...
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Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, part of the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
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Crash On November 12, 1976, Fox was driving back home along Port Coquitlam's highway in his green 1968 Ford Cortina. He was distracted by a bridge construction site, and his car slammed into a half-ton truck. Nothing happened to the driver or the truck, and Fox came out of the accident with only a sore right knee. For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ...
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Osteosarcoma In 1977, after feeling pain in his right knee, he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. This is a form of cancer that strikes men more than women, usually around ages ten to twenty-five. Very often the cancer starts at the knee, then works its way up into the muscles and tendons. At the time, the only way to treat his condition was to amputate his right leg several inches above the knee. Osteosarcoma is the most common type of malignant bone cancer, accounting for 35% of primary bone malignancies. ...
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Fox believed that the injury from the 1976 crash had weakened his knee and made it more susceptible to cancer, although his doctors disagreed.[1] The causes of osteosarcoma are not known. Three years after losing his leg at age 18, the young athlete decided to run from coast to coast in order to raise money for cancer research. In creating the Marathon of Hope, his goal was to raise $1 from each Canadian citizen. Fundraising is the process of soliciting and gathering money or other gifts in-kind, by requesting donations from individuals, businesses, charitable foundations, or governmental agencies. ...
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Terry Fox The Marathon of Hope is a name given to the cross-Canada run undertaken by cancer patient Terry Fox in 1980. ...
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Fox began by dipping his leg in the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's, Newfoundland on April 12, 1980. He intended to dip it in the Pacific Ocean when he arrived in Victoria, British Columbia. He also filled two large bottles with Atlantic Ocean water; his plan was to keep one as a souvenir and pour the other one into the Pacific. His plan was to run about 42 km (26.2 miles) a day, the distance of a typical marathon. No one had ever done anything similar to the task Fox was undertaking. Image File history File links Terry Fox www. ...
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Fox was unable to finish his run. X-rays revealed that Terry's right lung had a lump the size of a golf ball, and his left lung had another lump the size of a lemon. The lumps were not lung cancer; rather, they were bone cancer that went into his lungs through his bloodstream. He was forced to stop the run on September 1, 1980 just north-east of Thunder Bay, Ontario, after 143 days. He had run 5,373 km (3,339 miles, or around 23.3 miles per day) through Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario. An X-ray picture (radiograph), taken by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1896, of his wife, Anna Bertha Ludwigs[1] hand X-rays (or Röntgen rays) are a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength in the range of 10 to 0. ...
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Soon after Fox was forced to stop, the CTV television network organized a telethon in hopes of raising additional funds for the cause. Any celebrities within range of Toronto were invited to participate, and the event raised millions of dollars. Many of the guests paid tribute to Fox; TV actor Lee Majors called him "the real Six Million Dollar Man." This article is about the Broadcast Television Network CTV, for the broadcasting television company see CTVglobemedia. ...
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Death In June of 1981, Terry developed pneumonia, and on June 27 he went into a coma. He died on the 28th at 4:35 am which was his favourite hour of running, a year after his legendary run, exactly one month shy of his twenty-third birthday. For other uses, see June (disambiguation). ...
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Terry's funeral was large and was broadcast live on national television. He is buried in the Port Coquitlam cemetery, near his favourite lookout just outside the cemetery gates.
The run The Terry Fox Run is run around the world every year to raise money for cancer research. It is non-competitive- no winners or awards, just people joining to raise money for cancer research. Steve Fonyo, a cancer survivor inspired by Fox, completed the full length of Fox's course. Fonyo's left leg had been amputated. Camp Julien, Afghanistan - Major-General Andrew Leslie leads Canadian troops through one of the many 2-km laps of the camp perimeter that make up the first Terry Fox Run ever held in Kabul. ...
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In a public opinion poll, Terry Fox was voted the most famous Canadian of the 20th century. He was voted number two on The Greatest Canadian list. This is a list of well-known Canadians. ...
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Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a television program series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to determine who is considered to be the greatest Canadian of all time, at least among those who watched and participated in the program. ...
Biographies His story is dramatized in the 1983 HBO TV movie The Terry Fox Story, which the Fox family has criticized for negatively depicting Terry Fox as having a fiery temper. In that film, he was portrayed by Eric Fryer, who won the Best Actor award at the 5th Genie Awards in 1984 for his portrayal. Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ...
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The Terry Fox Story is a Canadian-American film, released in 1983. ...
Eric Fryer is a Canadian actor, who played Terry Fox in the 1983 biopic The Terry Fox Story. ...
The 5th Genie Awards were presented on March 21, 2005 at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto. ...
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In 2005, a new movie, titled Terry, was produced by the CTV television network. In that film, Fox was portrayed by Shawn Ashmore. Unlike Fryer, however, Ashmore is not himself an amputee; digital editing was used to superimpose a prosthesis over Ashmore's real leg. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Terry was a biopic of Canadian amputee athlete Terry Fox, dramatizing his national Marathon of Hope run across Canada to raise money for cancer research. ...
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Shawn Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Canadian film and television actor. ...
Author Douglas Coupland also chronicled Fox in his 2005 book Terry - The Life of Canadian Terry Fox. Douglas Coupland (born December 30, 1961) is a major Canadian fiction writer as well as a playwright and visual artist. ...
Popular culture - While Terry Fox was on his Marathon of Hope, a pop song was composed. "Run Terry Run" was performed by the Nancy Ryan's Singers.
- British singer/songwriter Rod Stewart's 1981 album Tonight I'm Yours includes the song "Never Give Up On A Dream" (co-written with Bernie Taupin), a tribute to Terry's Marathon of Hope. Proceeds from the song went towards cancer research.
- Eric Walters’s fictional book Run is about a troubled teenager who is inspired by a meeting with Terry Fox.
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Roderick Stewart (rod stewart), CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England, with Scottish parentage. ...
Bernie Taupin (born May 22, 1950) is an English lyricist most famous for his collaboration with Elton John. ...
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Awards and honours
The Terry Fox dollar, issued in 2005. The first Canadian to be featured on circulation coins. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 786 KB) Statue von Terry Fox in Ottawa, Kanada. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1704x2272, 786 KB) Statue von Terry Fox in Ottawa, Kanada. ...
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Download high resolution version (736x725, 79 KB)The Terry Fox Canadian one-dollar coin. ...
Download high resolution version (736x725, 79 KB)The Terry Fox Canadian one-dollar coin. ...
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Seal of the Order of Canada The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means (those) desiring a better country (Hebrews 11. ...
Officially launched on April 5, 2004, The Greatest Canadian was a television program series by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to determine who is considered to be the greatest Canadian of all time, at least among those who watched and participated in the program. ...
The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually by a panel of journalists in recognition of Canadas top athlete. ...
A Canadian Newsmaker of the Year has been voted every year since 1946 by the Canadian Press. ...
Memorials Further honours are listed at Terryfoxrun.org
Schools and buildings - Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School was renamed Terry Fox Secondary School in 1986. This school was replaced with a new building in 1999 which retains the Terry Fox name, and also houses the Terry Fox Theatre. Across Canada, there are now numerous schools named in his honour.
- The Terry Fox Library in Port Coquitlam, a branch of the Fraser Valley Regional Library, was opened in honour of Fox in 1983. The library houses memorabilia of Fox and his run, including the artificial leg that Fox used during his marathon.
- The track at Simon Fraser University is named 'Terry Fox Field' in his honour. A statue of Fox can be found within the Quadrangle.
- A Pathway in St. Catharines, Ontario named 'The Terry Fox Trail' in his honour.
- Terry Fox Elementary School, Barrie, Ontario is named in his honour.
- The track at Saskatoon's SaskTel Sports Centre is named 'Terry Fox Track' in his honour.
- The Track & Field stadium in Brampton, Ontario was named 'The Terry Fox Track & Field Stadium' in his honour.
- The main gymnasium at East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton, Ontario was dedicated to Terry Fox.
- The Terry Fox Youth Centre in Ottawa. Houses of Encounters with Canada.
Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with 2,000 students located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ...
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The Terry Fox Theatre is a proscenium theatre in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, opened in 1999. ...
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Terry Fox Drive (Ottawa Road #61) is a major arterial road in Ottawa, Ontario and named for the late Canadian humanitarian activist and athlete Terry Fox. ...
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Canadian Shield The Canadian Shieldâ also called the Precambrian Shield, Laurentian Shield, Bouclier Canadien (French), or Laurentian Plateauâ is a large shield covered by a thin layer of soil that forms the nucleus of the North American craton. ...
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Valemount is a village of 1200 people in east central British Columbia, Canada. ...
Mount Terry Fox Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ...
Statue of Terry Fox, SFU Taken by GWO, Vancouver trip, 2003. ...
Statue of Terry Fox, SFU Taken by GWO, Vancouver trip, 2003. ...
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, part of the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...
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