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Bill Vigars, campaign manager for Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, dies at 78 | Globalnews.ca

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Vigars died of congestive heart failure on Thursday surrounded by loved ones at a hospital in White Rock , B.C. , his wife Sherry MacDonald said.

She said he fought a “long, tough battle” that began when he had a heart attack in June .

Vigar was the former director of public relations and fundraising for the Canadian Cancer Society .

He met Fox in 1980 and served as his public relations officer and confidant.