‘I won’t live to be 80’: Michael J. Fox reveals his Parkinson’s symptoms are getting worse and worse every day, so he knows he has a little time left to live

Retired actor Michael Andrew Fox, better known as Michael J. Fox or by the character of Marty McFly in the trilogy “Back to future”talks about the progression of Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with when he was 29 years old.

In a recent interview with CBS’s “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley, he admitted that the symptoms are becoming more apparent and have even gotten worse. This statement led him to make a harsh confession about his condition and the time he had left to live.

“You don’t die from Parkinson’s disease. You die with Parkinson’s disease,” said the 61-year-old Canadian, who received an honorary Oscar in November 2022 for the fight against the disease through his own foundation, “The Michael J. Fox Foundation.”

The remembered Marty McFly has full knowledge about the disease that has been bothering him for more than 30 years, which is why he admits, according to his estimates, that he does not have much life left.

“I will not live to be 80 years old,” he admitted in an interview that media such as Fotogram are writing today.

“I’m not going to lie, it’s getting tough, it’s getting tougher. Every day is getting harder. But that’s the way it is,” explained Michael J. Fox after noting how little time he has left, which he says is less than two decades.

Although he is aware of his reality, his words do not stop causing concern among his fans who have a thread of hope for his recovery from the disease for which there is still no cure.

The first symptoms of Parkinson’s disease began to appear in Michael J. Fox in 1991, when he was 29 years old, but they progressed over time. The jitters, fatigue and slow motion progressed, which at the same time diminished his presence in the world of cinematic art, as Telemundo remembers.

In a conversation with reporter Pauley, the actor addressed not only Parkinson’s disease but also other health problems concerning his joints and bones, which resulted in several fractures in different parts of his body.

“I had spinal surgery. He had a spinal tumor. And it was benign, but it made it difficult for me to walk. And then I started breaking things. I broke this arm, I broke this arm, I broke this elbow. I broke my face. I broke my arm. Parkinson’s is a big killer,” said Jane Pauley.

He retired from the screen in 2000 and since then has primarily worked as a voice actor in films such as Stuart Little and Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

In 2022, two years after his final retirement from acting, he starred in an emotional reunion with Christopher Lloyd, his co-star in the “Back to the Future” saga. A fact that caused outrage among followers of the classic sci-fi trilogy. (AND)