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Michael J Fox calls his Parkinson's diagnosis the 'gift that keeps on taking' on BBC Breakfast after his documentary Still was nominated for a BAFTA


Michael J Fox called his Parkinson's diagnosis the 'gift that keeps on taking' on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday. The Back to the Future actor, 62, was diagnosed aged just 29 in 1991.

Back To The Future star Michael J Fox called his Parkinson's diagnosis the 'gift that keeps on taking' as he appeared on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday In his documentary, which was released in May 2023, Michael looks back on his blockbuster career with director Davis Guggenheim and shares how he first noticed the signs of what would be diagnosed as Parkinson's disease. Michael displayed symptoms of early-onset Parkinson's as early as 1991 while shooting the film Doc Hollywood, and was told by doctors that in a few years he would not be able to work.

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