Michael J Fox was diagnosed with early onset Parkinson’s at age 28, an illness associated with older people.
Parkinson’s is an illness characterized by shaking of the limbs.
In a 2016 an interview with “Haute Living”, he shared with readers,
“I was diagnosed 25 years ago, and I was only supposed to work for perhaps 10 more years at best.
I was pretty much supposed to be disabled by now. I’m far from it. This is as bad as I get. I can still go to the store and go marketing”.
His present and future focus is fighting Parkinson’s.
In 2000, he embraced his condition and set up the “Michael J. Fox Foundation” to help advance initiatives that could help cure the disease.
It the largest group dedicated to Parkinson’s in the World funding $650 million in research. 50% goes toward altering the disease, the rest into
biomarkers and treating symptoms.
Recently, he played an attorney on “The Good Wife” and showed up as himself on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”.
He is not interested in going “Back To The Future”, “I’ve got roots in this life, this period & time. I’m grounded in the present.”
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