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Bill Vigars, friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster, gives Terry a tearful hug
Bill Vigars, friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster, gives Terry a tearful hug

Bill Vigars, friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster, gives Terry a tearful hug

Date9/2/1980
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  • Bill Vigars, friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster, gives Terry a tearful hug
  • Bill Vigars; friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster; gives Terry a tearful hug.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Bill Vigars; friends and Marathon of Hope wagonmaster; gives Terry a tearful hug.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0048125F
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      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
      Cooper, David
      9/2/1980
      Below, Bill Vigars wears the same T-shirt he wore when he was Fox's campaign manager
      Below, Bill Vigars wears the same T-shirt he wore when he was Fox's campaign manager
      Fox, Terry, 1958-1981
      9/18/1988
      Terry Fox with his mother and father at his side gives his final Marathon of hope Press conference in Thunder bay Tues before he was taken to The airport by Ambulance
      Terry Fox with his mother and father at his side gives his final Marathon of hope Press conference in Thunder bay Tues before he was taken to The airport by Ambulance
      Cooper, David
      9/2/1980
      One of Canada's best hopes for an Olympic gold medal, marathon champion Jerome Drayton (left) gives Star writer Frank Jones a running interview as he (...)
      One of Canada's best hopes for an Olympic gold medal, marathon champion Jerome Drayton (left) gives Star writer Frank Jones a running interview as he (...)
      Drayton, Jerome
      7/3/1976
      Welcome home: Family and friends rush on to the destroyer Terra Nova yesterday to greet returning sailors, while more tearful reunions occur on the dock, right
      Welcome home: Family and friends rush on to the destroyer Terra Nova yesterday to greet returning sailors, while more tearful reunions occur on the dock, right
      Bull, Ron
      4/7/1991
      Tearful farewell: Family and friends, including NHL defenceman Jim Paek, far right, comfort each other following services for 9-year-old Darcy Scanlan
      Tearful farewell: Family and friends, including NHL defenceman Jim Paek, far right, comfort each other following services for 9-year-old Darcy Scanlan
      Calleja, Frank
      12/22/1992
      Street philosopher: Joe Leone, a retired Toronto barber, still gives haircuts to friends like Glen Wright, above, in his West End Junk shop, Crazy Joe's Flea Market
      Street philosopher: Joe Leone, a retired Toronto barber, still gives haircuts to friends like Glen Wright, above, in his West End Junk shop, Crazy Joe's Flea Market
      Loek, Dick
      3/27/1984
      Jules Loeb paints in spare time. The financier gives his work to family and friends.
      Jules Loeb paints in spare time. The financier gives his work to family and friends.
      Beaty, Keith
      7/27/1973
      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
      Bull, Ron
      9/25/1980
      Job well done Star reporter Leslie Scrivener, who covered Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope from the beginning, last night received an award from the Canad(...)
      Job well done Star reporter Leslie Scrivener, who covered Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope from the beginning, last night received an award from the Canad(...)
      Scrivener, Leslie
      12/8/1980
      Stamp of approval: A surcharge on the postage stamp to commemorate Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope could raise funds for cancer research, says Dr. Mitchell Levine, above, with examples of other such stamps.
      Stamp of approval: A surcharge on the postage stamp to commemorate Terry Fox's Marathon of Hope could raise funds for cancer research, says Dr. Mitchell Levine, above, with examples of other such stamps.
      Beaty, Keith
      7/6/1981
      Fox, Terry - Marathon of Hope
      Fox, Terry - Marathon of Hope
      Fox, Terry, 1958-1981
      3/27/1981