AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Michael J. Fox accepts Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at Emmys with a speech about fighting Parkinson's disease
Michael J. Fox brought the Emmy Awards audience to its feet Monday night when he accepted the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award and delivered a speech about refusing to surrender to Parkinson's disease. Fox, a five-time Emmy winner best known for "Family Ties" and the "Back to the Future" films, took the stage after an introduction […] The post Michael J. Fox accepts Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at Emmys with a speech about fighting Parkinson's disease appeared first on American Almanac .
Michael J. Fox brought the Emmy Awards audience to its feet Monday night when he accepted the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award and delivered a speech about refusing to surrender to Parkinson's disease. Fox, a five-time Emmy winner best known for "Family Ties" and the "Back to the Future" films, took the stage after an introduction by actress Julianna Margulies, his former co-star on "The Good Wife." The moment carried weight well beyond the usual awards-show tribute. Fox has lived with Parkinson's disease since disclosing his diagnosis in 1991, when he was just 29 years old. In the decades since, he built one of the most recognized disease-research organizations in the country, and Monday's honor put that work in front of a national television…Open