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Terry Fox

Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist

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Terry Fox (born in Seattle, Washington 1943; died 2008 in Cologne, Germany) was an American video, conceptual, and performance artist. Fox was originally based in San Francisco, and later moved to Liege, Belgium. Fox was an important figure in post-minimal sculpture, performance, and video art. His most important works explored a sculptural experience with sound, and did a very important series of works de-coding the Chartres Labyrinth. He had two major exhibitions in Berkeley <a href="https://w

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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: Osteosarcoma
Education: Simon Fraser University
Known for: Marathon of Hope
Title: Companion of the Order of Canada
Mother: Betty Fox

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Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete, humanitarian, and cancer research activist. In 1980, having had one leg amputated due to cancer, he embarked on a cross-Canada run to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The annual Terry Fox Run, first held in 1981, has grown to involve millions of participants in over 60 countries and is the world's largest one-day fundraiser for cancer research; over C$1 billion has been raised in his name through the Terry Fox Research Institute as of February 2026.

Fox was a distance runner and basketball player for Port Coquitlam Senior Secondary School, later named after him, and Simon Fraser University. His right leg was amputated in 1977 after he was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, though he continued to run using an artificial leg. He also played wheelchair basketball in Vancouver, winning three national championships.