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For more than thirty years, Michael J. Fox has stood as a symbol of defiance in the face of one of the world’s most relentless diseases. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s in his late twenties, the beloved actor — forever remembered for his electric energy in Back to the Future — has lived more than half his life under the shadow of a condition that strips away control of one’s own body. Now, at sixty-two, Fox is confronting a reality that even he can’t soften with humor or optimism. The fight, he admits, is getting tougher.