MichaelJ Fox, one of the most famous actors in Hollywood in the 80’s for the saga ‘Back to the Future’ attended his son Sam’s 34th birthday party, although he admitted he’s increasingly affected by it Parkinson’s This has shortened his life for several years.
“Happy Birthday to my big bouncy baby @palekidd you are the best,” wrote J. Fox along with a carousel of images on his Instagram account. He added: “Proud to be your dad. I love you!”
One of the pictures shows Sam blowing out his 31 candles on top of a chocolate cake. In other pictures, father and son posed in a boat in front of a waterfall.
The actor also appears to be seen touching his son’s cheek while smiling.
For their part Fox’s wife, Tracy Pollan, He also shared pictures of the important event on his own account with the message: “Happy Birthday to the best son ever! You fill my life with so much joy, humor, kindness and random information that I never would have known! I love you!” “
In the photos, Tracy shared pictures of her son riding a horse and in a boat with her.
The exemplary romance between Fox and Pollan
Fox and Pollan They have been married since 1988 and are parents of twins Aquinnah and Schuyler, 28 years old, and his daughter Esmé, 21.
However, just over a month ago, Fox revealed that despite his mostly blissful life with Parkinson’s disease, which destroys his nervous system and motor skills to remain an independent person, he has been “getting more difficult” for more than 30 years”:
“[Parkinson] I’m knocking on the door… I won’t lie, it’s getting hard. It’s going to be difficult. It’s getting harder. “It’s getting harder by the day…that’s the way it is,” Michael J. Fox said in an April 30 interview with CBS Sunday Morning.
The actor was just 29 when he was diagnosed (he is now 61) and has explained that he has had increasing difficulty walking and has fractured several bones since undergoing surgery that resulted in a benign fracture tumor in his spine had been removed.
“I’ve been thinking about mortality (euthanasia)… I’m not turning 80. I’m not turning 80,” added the actor, who retired for good in 2020 due to his deteriorating health.
“There’s a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday and memorizing seven pages of dialogue is better behind me. There is no time like the future: an optimist ponders mortality,” he wrote in his fourth book: “No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Contemplates Mortality” (“No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Contemplates Mortality”).
Despite this, Fox’s work has made him a leading activist for Parkinson’s cure research Michael J Fox Foundation, which has raised more than $1 billion since 2000.