Michael J. Fox was feeling the love from his family as they supported him at his Parkinson’s charity event in New York on Saturday.
The Hollywood icon, 62, was surrounded by his wife Tracy Pollan, 63, and their son Sam Michael, 34, and twin daughters Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances, 28, at the Michael J. Fox Foundation Hosts A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s at Cipriani South Street. Dressed in a purple sweat and matching plaid jacket, the Back to the Future star looked happy and healthy at the star-studded event.
The couple were spotted with their arms around each other as they stole the spotlight on the red carpet. Their three children were dressed to the nines as well, as they flanked their famous parents for a fabulous family photo opportunity.
While Tracy looked like a billion bucks in a sparkling black blazer and tuxedo pants, her daughter Aquinnah shimmered in a floral mini dress as Schuyler glowed in a shiny blue suit. Michael’s son Sam looked dapper in a striped oxford, brown suede jacket, and matching dark pants. The adorable family was joined by a who’s who of illuminati for the big event, with Michael’s BFF and Back to the Future co-star Christopher Lloyd throwing his arm around the man of the hour on the red carpet.
Newly engaged couple Justin Long and Kate Bosworth looked so loved up, Oscar winner Julianne Moore kept it casually chic, and Joan Jett was every inch the rock star in a black leather jacket, matching pants and chains galore hanging from her ensemble.
On Thursday’s CBS Mornings, Michael said he’d have forgiven Tracy if she had decided to ‘step out’ amid their 35-year marriage as he battles Parkinson’s disease. ‘At any time she would have been forgiven to say, “I’m just gonna step out,”‘ he exclaimed. ‘But, she didn’t do that.’
The Back To The Future star was 29 in 1991 when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and went public with the information in 1998.
Fox said of their marriage, ‘She had indicated to me by saying, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health. She was able to get me through it, and go through it with me. And she has for 35 years.’
Fox and Pollan are parents to son Sam Michael, 34, twin daughters Aquinnah Kathleen and Schuyler Frances, 28, and daughter Esmé Annabelle, 21. The pair celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary this past July, posting tributes to one another on Instagram.
‘We knew the bus was coming and we knew it was going to hit, but we didn’t know how far away it was or how fast it was going,’ he said. ‘The positivity is really sincere,’ he continued. ‘I really feel it, and it’s genuine. But it’s hard fought and it’s hard won, I should say.’ In the autumn of 2000, he launched The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which ‘is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today.’
According to the foundation, it has raised more than $1.75 billion for the cause. Fox last year was honored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences with an honorary Academy Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, for his efforts toward finding a cure.