“I examined all these things: fear, aging, gratitude, just all of these things came through my mind,” he says. Through it all, Fox found a way to maintain his signature optimism - until 2018, when his sunny disposition took a significant hit after undergoing spinal surgery and a serious fall forced him to confront his mortality.įox writes about how those recent setbacks forced him to rethink his outlook in his new memoir, " No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality." He says he went through a long period of reflection and came out of it with a kind of realistic optimism. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which since then has raised a billion dollars to find a cure. The actor shot to fame with roles in the sitcom “Family Ties” and the “Back to the Future” trilogy.īut in 1991 at the age of 29, Fox was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s disease. (Courtesy Flatiron Books) This article is more than 2 years old.Įditor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 5, 2021.
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