I can't believe it's been 30 years since Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

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It was a huge shocker when I found out about it all those years back, being diagnosed at such a young age, and still the peak of his career.

I am glad to see he is still staying strong even after 3 decades of illness, making the occasional appearance on a series, as a guest on talk shows often, and continuing to do his philanthropy in fighting this debilitating disease.

He was, and still is a treasure. His role on The Good wife is still one of my favorites.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I always get a little teary watching him fuck around with Larry on that one episode of Curb. His legacy can't be understated, he's a treasure indeed. I never knew he was on the Good Wife, I need to check that out!

 

[LewieP]

He was hilarious in Curb too. He's just a really likeable screen presence, and his attitude towards fundraising for Parkinson's research and care is really admirable. He knows it's (almost certainly) too late for any cure for him, but his focus is on seeking to improve quality of life for others.

Sad that he had to give up acting full time, but his body of work before his diagnosis, his continued work where he's been able to, and his advocacy and fundraising efforts have secured his long lasting legacy.

 

[Parch]

The Michael J Fox Foundation has raised over $700 million for Parkinson's research.

 

[Typhoon20]

Man...such a sad thing that happened to him. He was the next big thing...First Family Ties then Back To The Future.
We missed out on his prime career. He was also very charismatic on screen. So handsome too. And so much talent.

Breaks my heart watching him in interviews barely keeping it together and seeing him fight so hard to contain his illness.

:(

 

[jinkx]

His guest appearence on The Good Wife is brilliant! I can't believe that he never won an emmy for it (he was nominated quite a few times)

 

[shaneo632]

The whole arc with Larry on Curb was goddamn hilarious.

 

[Nothing Loud]

As a PD researcher, I only have respect for MJF

 

[Crazymoogle]

His guest appearence on The Good Wife is brilliant! I can't believe that he never won an emmy for it (he was nominated quite a few times)

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He continued to reappear on that and The Good Fight; he is honestly more of a supporting actor than a guest and a "in-universe" threat, so to speak, within the MCU of those two shows. Really great.

To your point he never won, but was nominated for a best guest actor emmy 5 times (!) on TGF.

 

[ejoshua]

I loved him in Spin City

 

[Volimar]

I liked his appearances on Scrubs as the doctor with OCD.

I loved him in Spin City

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Yep.

 

[Metal Gear Miyamoto]

One of his most underrated films is The Frightners. The movie Peter Jackson made before he went on to do LotR. He's damn great in that film.

 

[AlteredBeast]

30 years? Surely you mean 20...

I had no idea he had such a good career afterwards.

 

[Duncan]

That fuckin Coke bottle, man.

 

[Sanjuro]

That fuckin Coke bottle, man.

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[Soda]

30 years? Surely you mean 20...

I had no idea he had such a good career afterwards.

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He was diagnosed in the early 90s but didn't publicly disclose the diagnosis until the very late 90s, so for most of us, we've known for only around 20 years max.

Basically all of his time on Spin City was years after his diagnosis. Same for his amazing guest role on Scrubs.

 

[Squarehard]

30 years? Surely you mean 20...

I had no idea he had such a good career afterwards.

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He was diagnosed at the age of 29 with early onset symptoms in 1991, but didn't reveal it until later in 2000 of the diagnosis.

 

[DarkLegion]

The whole arc with Larry on Curb was goddamn hilarious.

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I just saw this last week, he was amazing

 

[Kernel]

One of his most underrated films is The Frightners. The movie Peter Jackson made before he went on to do LotR. He's damn great in that film.

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That's my favourite (non BTTF) MJF movie.

 

[UltimateHigh]

The Frighteners and Doc Hollywood are underrated.

The Secret of My Success isn't... but I still enjoy it anyways.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I loved him in Spin City

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Same. Was watching it last night.

 

[JDSN]

My dad is linda inspired by the guy, 15 years since diagnosis and going strong.

 

[BlueKaty]

I recently watched Mars Attacks again and he has a small role in this. If you pay attention you can see him trying to hide his symptoms by moving his arms/hands a lot.
I like him a lot and it's great he's doing so much for other people suffering from this disease. I've seen a few interviews of him where he seemed to get better but then in another one he actually said it's only because sometimes he's overdoing his medication. :(