Actor and philanthropist Michael J. Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which the “Back to the Future” star plans to use to further his foundation’s work to find treatments for Parkinson’s disease.
last year, includes $250,000 from the Elevate Prize Foundation and support to amplify the winner’s messaging.Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who interviewed Fox onstage at CGI, credited him with research advances in understanding Parkinson’s. “I don’t think this work would have made the progress it has if Michael hadn’t been so open,” she said.
“There’s such shame associated with this illness,” Fox said. “It’s so ridiculous, this great need to keep it secret. The cruel thing of it is it’s going to out you eventually.” Former President Bill Clinton said he was “awestruck” by Fox. “I’ve known Michael J. Fox for a long time, and he looks better every time I see him,” he said. “He is a brave, good man.”
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