Michael J. Fox was first diagnosed with the disease in 1991, at the age of thirty-one, at a high point in his career. By the time he went public about his condition five years later he was starring in one of the top-rated shows on television (Spin City), had a string of post–Back to the Future movie hits under his belt, and was one of the most popular and widely recognized celebrities in America. That he happened to show up in my office before the public knew of his condition was a fluke. At the time, he was working in New York with Woody Allen on a television movie, a remake of the 1969 film
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