Michael J. Fox is being open about his health issues after having to deal with them for 30 years. Fox first found fame with the NBC comedy Family Ties, but it was his performance as the time-traveling adolescent Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis’ well-known sci-fi trilogy Back to the Future that made Michael J. Fox him a household figure in the 1980s. Fox would see more success in the late 1990s with the Stuart Little films, in which he portrayed the show’s eponymous mouse, and the ABC comedy Spin City, for which he won four Golden Globes, but would afterwards steadily wind down his career.
A sneak peek of the upcoming interview with former Back to the Future actor Michael J. Fox was recently released by CBS Sunday Morning. The four-time Golden Globe winner opens up to presenter Jane Pauley about his health issues, saying that Parkinson’s disease is “banging on the door” and that he worries he might not have much time left to live. Check out what Fox said in the statement and clip below:
The door is being pounded on by Parkinson’s. I won’t lie to you. It’s becoming tougher, harder, harder. The going is difficult. Every day it becomes harder. But that is the reality. Who do I consult about it, I mean, you know? My spine was operated on. My spine had a tumour. It was harmless, but it made walking difficult for me. Then I started breaking things. I shattered my elbow in addition to breaking my arm. My face was broken. My hand fractured. That is a major killer for Parkinson’s patients. It is dropping. and ingesting meals while coughing up pneumonia. All these cunning means to capture you… Parkinson’s does not cause death. Parkinson’s disease causes death. I’ve been reflecting about its mortality as a result. I won’t live to be 80. I won’t live to be 80.
The impact of Fox’s Parkinson’s diagnosis on his career
Fox was originally diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease while working on the well-received 1991 romantic comedy Doc Hollywood. While he had early signs like a twitching finger and a hurting shoulder, he generally kept his Michael J. Fox condition a secret from the public while carrying on with his profession. The actor quietly disclosed his condition to the Spin City cast and crew when season 3 was being produced, and he announced his retirement the following year. He made a number of guest appearances as Charlie Sheen assumed the role of the show’s protagonist.
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Fox eventually disclosed that he had Parkinson’s disease in 1998 and swiftly rose to prominence as one of the illness’s most ardent supporters in Hollywood, founding his own foundation and raising hundreds of millions Michael J. Fox of dollars for the purpose of funding research to find a cure. Even though he was phasing out of starring parts, he stuck to his intention to keep acting, making cameo appearances in Scrubs, which was developed by Spin City’s Bill Lawrence, Rescue Me, The Good Wife, its spinoff The Good Fight, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
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The NBC comedy The Michael J. Fox Show, partially based on his life as he played a news anchor who tries to make a professional comeback four years after quitting due to a Parkinson’s diagnosis, was his biggest work in the years after his diagnosis. The show’s early demise was the result of severe ratings reductions despite favourable reviews. Due to his speech becoming increasingly unreliable, Michael J. Fox eventually decided to stop acting in 2020. Although he had previously shown an interest in perhaps coming back, he now seemed less inclined to do so in his recent open conversation.