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Terry Fox
Terry Fox was an extremely important and influential Canadian that continues to be remembered yearly with the Terry Fox Run to raise money for cancer research, and he is taught in all Canadian schools as part of Canadian History.
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What are the four cities that held a Terry Fox run in PEI 2007?
Charlottetown, East Point, Wellington, and Alberton
What is Terry Fox's dad's name?
Mr. Rolly fox and mom Mrs. Betty fox
the name of terry fox's dad was rolly fox.
What is Terry Fox real full name?
His Real Name is Terry Stanly Fox and he is Canadian. Yea for Canada!!
In which country did terry fox get cancer?
Terry Fox was a Canadian. Known as the inspiration of the Marathon of Hope, Terry Fox died from cancer.
Is Terry Fox a courageous person?
Yes, because he had cancer in his leg. But even with the cancer he ran a marathon across Canada, but before he could finnish the cancer spread to his lungs and he died.
Why did Terry Fox run across Canada?
At first he got cancer in his leg so they amputated his leg so he had to use a fake leg. Then he started the marathon of hope to raise money for cancer research his goal was for every canadian to donate one dollar for cancer research so he ran across canada to achieve his goal when he had reached thunder bay he had problems breathing then the doctors found out that the cancer had spread from his leg to his lungs. so Teery foxes marathon of hope ended in thunder bay. but he raised millions of dollars for cancer research
How old was Terry Fox when cancer in his leg was discovered?
Cancer was discovered in his leg when he was 18 years old.
Why terry fox began a cross country run the marathon of hope?
In 1976, Terry developed osteogenic sarcoma, a type of bone cancer. After seeing all the suffering cancer caused, he was inspired to raise money for cancer research. So he ran to raise money in hopes of eradicating the disease.
Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete that helped raise money for cancer research.
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How many years has the Terry Fox run been going on for?
He was twenty years old when he started his run.
What did Terry Fox have to do to achieve his goal?
he helped raise money for his cancer type to find a cure for it.
Did terry fox have a bother or a sister?
he had 2 brothers : darrell and fred, along with a sister : judith
terry fox is importent because he raised over 24 million dollars for helping cancer
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Terry was diagnosed with bone cancer and had his right leg amputated. He wanted to raise money for all cancer patients and did this by running 42 kilometres (26miles) a day across Canada. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 miles) he had to stop because the cancer spread into his lungs. He died on June 28, 1981. He was 22.
We still honor him today through the "Terry Fox Run" which is held across Canada and around the world every year.
Close to $500 million has been raised worldwide for cancer research in Terry's name.
Where did terry fox stop runing?
Canadian athlete, Terry Fox, stopped his run on September 1, 1980 near Thunder Bay, Ontario, after running more than 5000kms on a prosthetic leg to raise money for cancer research. His run was ended by the cancer that had claimed his leg, which now had entered his lungs and, sadly, claimed his life a few months later.
He is considered by many as Canada's greatest hero.
What do Greg Scott and Terry Fox have in common?
Both suffered from the same kind of cancer and had a leg amputated. Both suffered from the same kind of cancer and had a leg amputated.
Terrance Stanly Fox's Family:
Mother- Betty
Father- Rolly
Older Brother- Fred
Younger Brother-Darrell
and Younger Sister-Judith
