Like his famous son Terry Fox, who became a national hero, Rolland Fox faced his own battle with cancer with courage. But on Tuesday, the family patriarch died at the age of 80 while listening to “a little Hank Williams.” Rolly, as he was known, worked behind the scenes to ensure his son’s 1980 Marathon of Hope was a success. The one-legged runner’s cross-Canada trek in aid of cancer research was forced to end after cancer spread. Terry Fox died the following year at the age of 22.
