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Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)
Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)

Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles, 4,000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the(...)

Date3/4/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: Prayer vigil. Bearing placards and candles; 4;000 people converged on Nathan Phillips Square on Wednesday night to pray for Terry Fox and to honor the one-legged runner and other disabled Canadians. Civic officials and the Toronto Medelssohn Choir led the crowd in a tribute to Fox who ran halfway across Canada last summer to raise money for cancer research and is now fighting a losing battle with the disease.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0048108F
More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
More than 10,000 people crowded Nathan Phillips Square July 11 to pay tribute to Terry Fox as he passed through Toronto on his Marathon of Hope
7/11/1980
Bravest of the brave: Florence Britton, 80, clutched her framed color photograph of Terry Fox in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday at special memorial services attended by more than 1,500 people
Bravest of the brave: Florence Britton, 80, clutched her framed color photograph of Terry Fox in Nathan Phillips Square yesterday at special memorial services attended by more than 1,500 people
7/2/1981
Prayers for Terry: About 4,000 attend service for Terry Fox and all the disabled
Prayers for Terry: About 4,000 attend service for Terry Fox and all the disabled
3/4/1981
Remembering Terry Fox. Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, shows Father Serra Catholic School pupil Nicole Grave, 6, the $7,865 cheque presented by the Et(...)
Remembering Terry Fox. Betty Fox, mother of Terry Fox, shows Father Serra Catholic School pupil Nicole Grave, 6, the $7,865 cheque presented by the Et(...)
12/10/1987
Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
Terry Fox's cross-country run to raise money to aid cancer research, ended when doctors found cancer had spread to his lungs. Fox's courage stirred Canadians everywhere
7/30/1980
How's yours? One-legged runner Terry Fox and former hockey great Bobbu Orr check out their knees during Fox's second visit to with $25,000 cheque for Cancer research
How's yours? One-legged runner Terry Fox and former hockey great Bobbu Orr check out their knees during Fox's second visit to with $25,000 cheque for Cancer research
7/23/1980
Terry's parents, Rolly and Betty Fox, and his constant companion, Bill Vigars stare almost in disbelief as Terry's stretcher is loaded onto aircraft
Terry's parents, Rolly and Betty Fox, and his constant companion, Bill Vigars stare almost in disbelief as Terry's stretcher is loaded onto aircraft
9/2/1980
Terry boosters: Cyclists Garth Walker (left) and Jim Brown started gathering pledges yesterday at City Hall Terry Fox
Terry boosters: Cyclists Garth Walker (left) and Jim Brown started gathering pledges yesterday at City Hall Terry Fox
6/25/1980
Tulips for Terry. Grade 8 students at Ursuline School in North York were only part of the group that planted tulip bulbs to raise more than $900 for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
Tulips for Terry. Grade 8 students at Ursuline School in North York were only part of the group that planted tulip bulbs to raise more than $900 for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope
9/25/1980
Running for Terry: Blind runner Bob Fenton, 19 (left), runs with guide Giuseppe Furfaro along a Forest Hill street in the 10-kiometre Terry Fox Run yesterday
Running for Terry: Blind runner Bob Fenton, 19 (left), runs with guide Giuseppe Furfaro along a Forest Hill street in the 10-kiometre Terry Fox Run yesterday
9/14/1986
Fox, Terry - Running
Fox, Terry - Running
7/30/1980
A weary Terry Fox pauses to wipe his face in northern Ontario, on the epic run which ended with his final collapse soon after
A weary Terry Fox pauses to wipe his face in northern Ontario, on the epic run which ended with his final collapse soon after
11/27/1983