Terry Fox recieved his prosthetic leg some time in March or April of 1977, and died on June 28, 1981, at the age of 22.
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Terry Fox was a Canadian. Known as the inspiration of the Marathon of Hope, Terry Fox died from cancer.
Terry Fox dipped his leg in the Atlantic Ocean right before he started his marathon in 1980 April 12
Terry Fox died because when he was running he got cancer in his leg and then he went to the hospital and then the Doctor gave him a fake leg and after he kept running but every step he ran his fake leg hurted and after that he got cancer in his lungs and then he died at the hospital.
Terry Fox had osteosarcoma (cancer) in his right knee that caused it to be amputated.