Michael J. Fox's charity for Parkinson's disease has raised over $1bn
Michael J Fox speaks at the Tribeca Talks - Storytellers - 2019 Tribeca Film Festival at BMCC Tribeca PAC on April 30, 2019 in New York City.
Michael J. Fox's fund in aid of Parkinson's Disease research and patient advocacy has raised over a billion US dollars in the past two decades, according to a report in Hollywood's Variety newspaper.
Two years after going public with his diagnosis in 1998, the actor launched the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research to help fund research for therapies and cures - and he'll belatedly mark the milestone of twenty years with the 2020 instalment of his annual fundraising gala, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Cure Parkinson’s, happening this week after being delayed by the Covid crisis.
