Michael J. Fox Receives Lifetime Achievement Honor After Admitting that Parkinson’s Battle is Now Harder
Michael J. Fox appeared to be in good cheer at the 2023 Spring Moving Image Awards with his family last Tuesday in New York City.
The 61-year-old Back To The Future actor recently shared that his struggle with Parkinson’s disease has gotten more challenging. With the actor were his wife, 62-year-old Tracy Pollan, and their 28-year-old twins, Aquinnah and Schuyler.
Michael won this year’s Lifetime Achievement Awards thanks to his inspiring career and his commitment to trying to find a remedy for Parkinson’s.
Doctors diagnosed Michael with a degenerative disorder that directly impacted his motor skills and central nervous system in 1991 when he was just 29 years old.
For his big night, Michael was dapper in his black patterned button-up look with a black tuxedo jacket and skinny pants. Her wife, Tracy, looked beautiful and elegant in a one-shoulder dress.
The couple married in 1988 and have four children. Aside from the twins, they also have 21-year-old Esme, their youngest daughter, and 34-year-old Sam, their son.
Spotted attending the event was David Byrne, the Talking Heads frontman. The celebrated 71-year-old musician was seen posing with John Wilson, a filmmaker, Michael Barker, Sony Pictures Classics co-president and co-founder, Eric Hynes, a museum curator, and Ivan Lustig, an investment banker.
The Spring Movie Image Awards honor and celebrate today’s most distinguished actors and actresses.” This year, HBO and Apple TV+ presented it at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image.
A cocktail reception was planned prior to the main event, with red-carpet photo sessions taking place concurrently. Attendees dined in the Hearst Lobby and Kaufman Courtyard after the ceremony.
Michael even took a tumble while walking up to the stage during the ceremony. Thankfully, he was left unharmed because a couch cushioned the fall.
Michael became a household name after playing the heartthrob character of Alex Keaton in the hit and much-loved Family Ties sitcom. He then transitioned onto the big screen as Marty McFly in three Back To The Future movies.
In 1996, he went back to his TV origins and became part of Spin City. Michael has been with the industry for more than 40 years, and his accolades include four Golden Globes, five Emmys, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
He also added a Grammy to his long list and an impressive accomplishment in 2010 when he took home the Best Spoken Word Album Award for the audio version of Always Looking Up, his memoir.
The memoir is also a New York Times bestseller—one of four books he has released.
Nine years after his diagnosis with Parkinson’s, he launched his foundation, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, whose ultimate goal is finally finding the cure for this terminal illness.
Since then, the foundation is proud to have raised over $1 billion for study and research.
In 2020, Michael finally stepped away from the limelight because his health battle became more demanding.
