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Terry Fox: A Brief Biography
I’m sure that most of you already heard his name, since he is famous throughout Canada - or the world in general. Terry Fox was born on July 28, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Terry was a very enthusiastic and athletic individual and played multiple sports in his early ages. He dedicated most of his time towards a world famous sport –basketball, and was a valuable player on the school basketball teams. After his hard work and dedication in all of his life successes, life had been unfair to him. In 1977 his life utterly changed. He was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in his right knee. Terry had his right leg amputated and replaced with an artificial leg. As he was in the hospital receiving the treatment – he saw all the kids covered in pain and tortures,
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