Editing Terry Fox (section)

==Illness and death==
[[File:Gravestone of Terry Fox 2014.jpg|thumb|Terry Fox's grave in [[Port Coquitlam]], Canada]]

In the following months, Fox received multiple chemotherapy treatments, but the disease continued to spread.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lgUiAAAAIBAJ&pg=6092,3261447 |title=Fox's cancer spreads |newspaper=Montreal Gazette |date=January 29, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=1}}</ref> As his condition worsened, Canadians hoped for a miracle and [[Pope John Paul II]] sent a telegram saying that he was praying for Fox.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9OchAAAAIBAJ&pg=6555,3616902 |title=Pope prays for cancer victim |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=March 7, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=8A}}</ref> Doctors turned to experimental [[interferon]] treatments, though their effectiveness against [[osteogenic sarcoma]] was unknown.<ref>Scrivener, 2000, p. 176.</ref> He had an adverse reaction to his first treatment,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=V-4yAAAAIBAJ&pg=5396,3500932 |title=Guard patrols Terry's room |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=February 23, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=8}}</ref> but continued the program after a period of rest.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=f6MyAAAAIBAJ&pg=4330,586883 |title=Fox 'not doing too well,' feeling more pain: doctor |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 23, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=8}}</ref>

Fox was re-admitted to the [[Royal Columbian Hospital]] in [[New Westminster]] on June 19, 1981, with chest congestion and developed [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox's condition worsens |newspaper=Daytona Beach Morning Journal |date=June 23, 1981 |page=8B}}</ref> He fell into a coma and died at 4:35&nbsp;a.m. [[Pacific Daylight Time|PDT]] on June 28, 1981.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hKMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1468%2C4697989 |title=Terry Fox dies |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 29, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/terry-fox-death-of-a-hero|title=Terry Fox dies|publisher=CBC Archives|accessdate=September 6, 2015}}</ref> The Government of Canada ordered flags across the country lowered to half mast, an unprecedented honour that was usually reserved for statesmen.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fox succumbs to cancer |newspaper=St. Petersburg Evening Independent |date=June 29, 1981 |page=2C}}</ref> Addressing the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]], Trudeau said, "It occurs very rarely in the life of a nation that the courageous spirit of one person unites all people in the celebration of his life and in the mourning of his death ... We do not think of him as one who was defeated by misfortune but as one who inspired us with the example of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity".<ref name="Scrivener182">Scrivener, 2000, p. 182.</ref>

His funeral in Port Coquitlam was attended by 40 relatives and 200 guests,<ref name="Scrivener182" /> and broadcast on national television. Hundreds of communities across Canada also held memorial services,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/03/world/around-the-world-canada-televises-funeral-of-young-cancer-victim.html |title=Canada televises funeral of young cancer victim |newspaper=New York Times |date=July 3, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010}}</ref> a public memorial service was held on [[Parliament Hill]] in Ottawa,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=haMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=2420,5162646 |title=Memorial service slated for Hill |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 30, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=8}}</ref> and Canadians again overwhelmed Cancer Society offices with donations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=haMyAAAAIBAJ&pg=928%2C5160380 |title= Phones 'ringing off wall' pledging cancer donations |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=June 30, 1981 |accessdate=February 28, 2010 |page=8}}</ref> Fox is buried at Port Coquitlam Municipal Cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1985/4/8/the-legacy-of-terry-fox|title=The legacy of Terry Fox|publisher=macleans.ca|date=April 8, 1985|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=February 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219135624/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1985/4/8/the-legacy-of-terry-fox|url-status=dead}}</ref>