Actor Michael J. Fox was honored for his lifetime achievement at the Spring Moving Image Awards. He came with his wife, Tracy.
He bravely faced the cameras with his wife and daughter supporting him. Actor Michael J. Fox (61) received an award in New York.
The star, who has suffered from Parkinson’s for many years, attended the ceremony with wife Tracy, 62, and twin daughters Aquinnah and Schuyler, 28. He wore a tuxedo jacket and patterned shirt, and his wife wore a strapless robe.
A billion for Parkinson’s research
Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at the age of 29, has received numerous awards throughout his career, including five Emmys and four Golden Globes. Nine years after his own diagnosis, he founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation to raise funds to help fight Parkinson’s. In total, he was able to provide over a billion dollars for research.
It was only in April that the “Back to the Future” star explained in an interview that it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to live with the disease: “I don’t want to lie, it’s getting harder, it’s getting harder every day,” said he. “That’s how it is.” He doesn’t think he’ll live to see his 80th birthday: “You don’t die of Parkinson’s. You die WITH Parkinson’s. I’ve been thinking about mortality. I won’t be 80.”
Source: Stern
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