Michael J. Fox frightened the “Back to the Future” expo attendees when he hit the stage on Sunday.
Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991 at the age of 29, the 61-year-old actor tripped while performing at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia.
To reassure fans, Fox got down on a sofa and was able to continue the Q&A panel with co-stars Christopher Lloyd and Tom Wilson.
The Emmy-winning actor’s public appearance comes weeks after he told “CBS Sunday Morning” viewers how “difficult” his battle with Parkinson’s disease has become.
“Every day is harder,” he said at the end of April. “But that’s how things are.”
Fox admitted that he was “contemplating his mortality” at the time, and declared that “I won’t be 80”.
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The “Family Ties” star called the fall “a big killer with Parkinson’s”, “aspirating food and getting pneumonia” and other “thin ways that got you.”
“You don’t die from Parkinson’s. You die with Parkinson’s.”
The following month, Fox offered more insight into the disease in Apple TV+’s “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.”
In the documentary, he added that he likened Parkinson to waking up with nine noses “and his tongue sticking out of his ear” and “not just kicking”. [him] outside the house – burned the damn house.
The May broadcast also highlighted Fox’s close bond with family members, from wife Tracy Pollan to her 34-year-old son Sam, 28-year-old twins Aquinnah and Schulyer, and 21-year-old daughter Esmé.
The Golden Globe-winning actress has been married to Pollan, 62, since 1988, and Fox said last month on “Entertainment Tonight” that she would be “dead” without her partner.
“We give each other room to make mistakes,” he said of the secret to success. “Always remember this.”