Terry Fox · Terry Fox: Marathon of Hope

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The young runner who turned an amputated leg and an unfinished road into a living cancer-research movement. A memento mori obituary comic centered on Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 18, Terry Fox lost his right leg, ran the 1980 Marathon of Hope across Canada, and stopped near Thunder Bay after cancer spread to his lungs before his death in 1981.

Citable Summary

Terry Fox (1958–1981) is featured in an obituary comic about mortality, work, and what remains.
The comic centers on this mortality event: Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 18, Terry Fox lost his right leg, ran the 1980 Marathon of Hope across Canada, and stopped near Thunder Bay after cancer spread to his lungs before his death in 1981.
The reader version includes image pages, a PDF, and sources including Terry Fox Foundation; The Canadian Encyclopedia; Britannica.

Story Notes

This comic follows Terry Fox, The young runner who turned an amputated leg and an unfinished road into a living cancer-research movement.

The story turns on Diagnosed with osteosarcoma at 18, Terry Fox lost his right leg, ran the 1980 Marathon of Hope across Canada, and stopped near Thunder Bay after cancer spread to his lungs before his death in 1981, treating that encounter with death as the pressure point for the work that followed.

The source trail for this page includes Terry Fox Foundation; The Canadian Encyclopedia; Britannica.

Sources

Terry Fox Foundation
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Britannica

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