Terry Fox's Life

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Terry Fox was a canadian athlete who has dedicated a big part of his life to the search for new treatments to cure people of cancer. He was born in Winnipeg and moved some time after his birth in Surrey, in British Columbia. His parents and his two brothers supported and encouraged him hugely in everything he wanted to do. Terry fox loved particularly sports. When he was young, he played soccer, rugby, baseball and basketball. However, his life was also dedicated to

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