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Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete and activist. He lost one of his legs because of bone cancer when he was 18. He is best known for The Marathon of Hope. This was a run across Canada (with the help of an artificial leg). He ran about the distance of a marathon every day. In August 1980, Fox's cancer spread to his lungs. He had to stop running. He died in June 1981, a month before his 23rd birthday.