Michael J Fox on the death of his mother, four fractures and the progression of Parkinson's disease (8 photos + 1 video)

The 61-year-old actor gave an emotional interview to People magazine which summed up the difficult year. Fox suffered four fractures and lost his mother - and all this against the backdrop of progressive Parkinson's disease, with where the Back to the Future star has been living for over 30 years.





In an interview, the actor admitted that his condition "worse" and he became uncharacteristically "sharp with people" after he broke his cheekbone, hand, shoulder and arm, and his mother, Phyllis, died at the age of 92.

“I broke my cheek, then my arm, then my shoulder, they replaced my shoulder, and I broke his [right] arm and then his elbow. I am 61 and now I am I feel it,” says Fox. — I've never been an irritable guy, but now I begin to behave with others very irritably and abruptly. I I'm trying to nip this in the bud. I always think of my helpers who work with me. And I often tell them: "No matter what I say, just imagine i said "please" at the beginning and "thank you" at the end. Just take a second and imbibe that I would say it if was more himself, but I did not, and for this I ask you forgiveness."



For the first time, the actor was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a chronic degenerative disease of the central nervous system, in 1991. He made his diagnosis public in 1998 and continued his acting career. The disease affects the nervous system and causes tremors, muscle rigidity and loss of balance. Medications can help control symptoms, but the disease is incurable.

In 2000, the actor founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation to help fund research into therapies and treatments for degenerative diseases. The organization has raised over $1 billion since its inception. dollars.





Michael J Fox officially retires from acting in 2020 year, explaining that Parkinson's disease began to affect his speech and memory. The actor said that now he "feels good" as the last of his injuries healed, and spoke of his mission “do not fall”: “Everything that allows you not to fall, be it a walker, a wheelchair a stroller, a cane, a person who is holding on wrapped around me cable - I use all of this.

Fox added that he is now on his way to starting again. walk more confidently. Earlier this month at Comic-Con, where he reunited with his Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd, the audience noticed that it was clearly difficult for the actor to move.



Fox says his positive attitude is due to the fact that he always trying to "find gratitude wherever [he] may be", and despite for a difficult few months, he "became kinder" and, finally, again happy.

The actor has been married to 62-year-old actress Tracy Pollan since 1988. At They have four children: son Sam, 33; daughters Aquinn and Schuyler, 27; and Esme, 21 years old. Michael praised his wife Tracey for her love and support throughout their marriage and his illness.



Earlier this month, Michael shared that on September 24, his mother Phyllis Fox has died at the age of 92. The actor said sad news during his appearance at the 2022 New York Comic Con.

Michael paid tribute to Phyllis by telling a funny story about how how she didn't want him filming Family Ties at the same time during the day and in "Back to the Future": "I was 23 and I called her in Canada and I said, “They want me to do a Steven Spielberg movie, but I you have to shoot it at night and Family Ties during the day.” And she said, “You will be too tired.”

In response, the actor told his mother: “I live in order to be so tired. Everything will be fine".

He then added, “To this day—well, until two weeks ago—my her mother thought doing Back to the Future was a bad idea. Her liked the movie, [but she was right], I was tired."

According to an online obituary, Phyllis was born in Winnipeg. Manitoba, in 1929. She is survived by her sons Steve and Michael, and daughters Jackie and Kelly, as well as her nine grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and great-great-granddaughter. Phyllis "felt special pride in raising awareness of diabetes and Parkinson's disease, and for work in Board of Directors of the Michael J. Fox Theater at Burnaby.



During Comic Con, Michael also talked about his problems with health and that, despite this, he remains an optimist.

“Well, over the past year I have broken my cheekbone, eye socket, arm, elbow ... shoulder. I had a tough year of injuries. But it was really cool because it made me realize… with gratitude, it can be move,” he said. — If you can find something to be grateful if you can find something and say, "Well, this is ok.”… Then everything will change for the better… I’m very optimistic.”

“I would say that optimism means thinking that the situation improve rather than worsen. If you believe in it and are grateful for this, this will keep you going for the rest of your life,” the actor added.



In an interview with People in 2020, the actor talked about how the disease Parkinson's has affected his short-term memory, causing tremors and rigidity.

“My short-term memory doesn’t work,” he said, adding, “ and I've always been a real master at memorizing lines. And I have there were extreme situations when I played the last couple of roles, in which I had a lot of replicas. It was hard for me to play both."

Now Michael is looking forward to the release of the documentary AppleTV+, due out in 2023, will chronicle his life.