they used this against him". Hamilton Spectator sports columnist Scott Radley wrote "Yet at a time we’re supposed to be more enlightened about addiction and possibly mental health problems, the near-complete purge of Fonyo from the public narrative somehow seems unfair. Especially when you wonder if this would’ve happened to him had he not faced the pressures of fame and expectations he was obviously ill-equipped to handle. All in the pursuit of raising money for charity." References External links Whatever Happened To: Steve Fonyo FactsCanada.ca, 2001 newsletter "Steve Fonyo", The Canadian Encyclopedia. 1965 births 2022 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Athletes from Montreal Canadian amputees Canadian disabled sportspeople Canadian people convicted of assault Canadian people of Hungarian descent People convicted of fraud People removed from the Order of Canada Sportspeople from Surrey, British Columbia