Michael J Fox accepts honorary Oscar for Parkinson's Disease advocacy
Michael J. Fox has received an honorary Academy Award for his work surrounding Parkinson's disease. The 61-year-old actor was diagnosed with the progressive disorder that affects the nervous system before his 30th birthday and has since raised more than $1 billion in research funding via the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research and received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 13th Governors Awards on Saturday (19.11.22.) In his acceptance speech, he said: "Once I became engaged in learning about the disease, every interaction, every new piece of information I gathered, ev...