{"id":71791,"date":"2025-08-14T07:45:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71791"},"modified":"2025-08-14T07:45:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T07:45:25","slug":"talking-softly-about-his","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71791","title":{"rendered":"Talking softly about his"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-519.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-519.png 374w, https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-519-300x286.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Michael J. Fox, beloved for his role in&nbsp;<em>Back to the Future<\/em>, was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease at just 29. He publicly revealed his condition in 1998, and as symptoms worsened, he stepped back from acting in 2000. Accepting the illness took time, but he remains resilient despite challenges like memory loss and the loss of his sense of smell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a candid interview, Fox shared how Parkinson\u2019s has made memorizing lines harder, though he still cherishes scents like pine at Christmas. Married to Tracy Pollan for over 30 years with four children, his family has been his constant support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation, now the world\u2019s leading nonprofit for Parkinson\u2019s research. Though acting has become more difficult, he\u2019s embraced voice work in films like\u00a0<em>Stuart Little<\/em>. His optimism, dedication, and love for life make him an inspiration, proving no obstacle can diminish his will to help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/?p=71719\">also read&#8230;..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael J. Fox, beloved for his role in&nbsp;Back to the Future, was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease at just 29. He publicly revealed his condition in 1998, and&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":71792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71791"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71791"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71793,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71791\/revisions\/71793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/71792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pulsperry.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}