Michael J. Fox suffered a fall during a film panel “Back to the Future”He has been suffering from Parkinson’s for more than 30 years.
The 61-year-old actor who rose to fame after starring in the saga “Back to the Future”participated in a panel on the film, where he was accompanied by actors Christopher Lloyd And tom wilson,
while walking and bowing to the actor Christopher Lloydwho played “Dr. Brown”, J. Fox lost his balance and fell, but he was on a chair, so he was not hurt.
After falling on the chair, the famous actor immediately got up, and was applauded by the attendees of the Fan Expo event held this weekend.
The accident that the actor had to go through worried his fans and demonstrated the complexities of the mobility he offered; However, the incident did not proceed further.
Michael J Fox doesn’t think he’ll live to be 80
During a recent interview, Michael J. Fox found out that Parkinson’sThe disease, which was diagnosed in 1991, has worsened so much that she does not think she will live to the age of 80.
Despite considering myself an optimist, fox He acknowledged that the disease is “hitting hard” and tremors are becoming more severe, increasing the risk of falls and fractures.
“It doesn’t matter how long I sit here and tell you how philosophically I’ve accepted and taken it in Parkinson’s It is still giving me strength. I won’t win it. I will lose,” he said in an interview with American television networks. CBS,
Last November, the actor confessed that he had fractured his hand, arm and face due to a fall. On the other hand, he explained that he had to undergo surgery on his spine for a tumor that turned out to be benign in the end, but unfortunately affected his ability to walk.
“Falling kills you when you have Parkinson’s. It’s falling down, aspirating food, getting pneumonia. Those are all subtle ways you get the disease. You don’t die from Parkinson’s, you die from Parkinson’s.” die. Yeah, I’m thinking about mortality and all that. And I’m not going to be 80, I’m not going to be 80,” he said.
When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, the actor created a foundation in 2000 to find a cure for the disease.
Last November, the actor received an honorary Oscar for his fight against the disease and has raised more than $1.5 billion for his research.
