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I happen to be a Parkinson's patient. I'm not fearful of my condition or my future - but if someone is looking in my eyes for fear, then they see their own fear reflected back at them.

Michael J. Fox

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Michael J. Fox
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 9
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Michael Andrew Fox
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