Terry Fox is a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sixteen months after he was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1977 and had his right leg amputated, he ended his treatment with the goal to try to help others. Terry trained for fourteen months when he decided he would run across Canada in an effort to raise awareness and money for cancer research. In 1980, the Marathon of Hope began. In 143 days and 5,373 kilometers, he earned $1.7 million as his fame grew all across Canada. However at Thunder Bay, he began to experience pains in his chest and the next day, he announced that the cancer had returned and spread to his lungs. This ended Terry's journey across Canada. In support of Terry, the CTV Television Society held a five-hour telethon, and raised $10.5 million. Over the next several months, Terry's condition worsened, and he died June 1981. The Terry Fox Foundation closes in nearly $20 million each year for cancer research and continues to share Terry Fox's incredible story.
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