# How well-known is Terry Fox outside of Canada?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 16, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-terry-fox-outside-of-canada/634917 "2012-09-16T22:24:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-terry-fox-outside-of-canada/634917/61 "2012-09-17T21:41:20Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> So you’re saying that the answer to “How well known is Terry Fox outside of Canada” is he is well-known in Canada?

No. As I stated, just providing context so people don’t have to google.

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-terry-fox-outside-of-canada/634917/62 "2012-09-18T13:39:20Z")

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As a Canadian, I didn’t vote on the poll. Of course I remembered him well. Our town is having its annual Terry Fox run on Sunday.

I remember reading some clown who wrote an op-ed piece shorty after Fox died that predicted that in a few years, Fox’s run would be totally forgotten. Boy, was he mistaken! It is still a big deal here.

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**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-terry-fox-outside-of-canada/634917/63 "2012-09-18T13:57:25Z")

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> [@Shakes](#):
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> On Google I had to type all the way to Terry F… before Google brought up his name. And even then he was the fifth one down the list. Peope who beat him were:
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> Terry Fator  
> Terry Francona  
> Terry funk (I wanna know who Terry Funk is.)  
> Terry Farrell

Interesting, on Google.ca for just typing “Ter” one of 5 offerred items is Terry Fox.

Anyways, from Canada so non-issue (my kid has a poster).

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**Author:** ![Scoobysnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Scoobysnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scoobysnax)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-terry-fox-outside-of-canada/634917/64 "2012-09-18T18:03:57Z")

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Canadian here living in the States. So I didn’t vote in the poll.

My scout troop met at the Terry Fox school in Ottawa, so I am very familiar with him and what he did. I also participated in many Terry Fox runs growing up.

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