{"id":389089,"date":"2026-04-09T02:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T02:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T02:43:10","slug":"michael-j-fox-is-alive-despite-concern-after-cnns-remembering-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/389089\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael J. Fox Is Alive, Despite Concern After CNN&#8217;s &#8216;Remembering&#8217; Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260408_293cfdc7c60e42b1ab870c4531794059\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc7b2a0e-1322-4ce7-a198-9f1453fa4942\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/293cfdc7c60e42b1ab870c4531794059_md.png\" alt=\"michael j fox main getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>1:29 PM PT &#8212; A CNN spokesperson tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The package was published in error; we have removed\u00a0it from our platforms and send our apologies to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/michael-j-fox\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael J. Fox<\/a> and his family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everyone can take a deep breath &#8230; Michael J. Fox is alive.<\/p>\n<p>The beloved actor&#8217;s representative tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;Michael is doing great. He was at PaleyFest yesterday. He was on stage and was giving interviews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Uncertainty about Michael&#8217;s well-being stirred after CNN shared an article and video titled &#8220;Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox.&#8221; There were no reports of his passing &#8230; and the post has since been taken down.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260408_db58679c646d42d9a98e1b625c891f43\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc7b2a0e-1322-4ce7-a198-9f1453fa4942\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/db58679c646d42d9a98e1b625c891f43_md.jpg\" alt=\"michael-j-fox-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael made a surprise appearance at PaleyFest LA on Tuesday to join the wrap party for the 3rd season of the comedy series, &#8220;Shrinking.&#8221; The event took place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and included a special screening, followed by conversation led by showrunner and co-creator Bill Lawrence and co-creator and star<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/jason-segel\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Jason Segel<\/a> &#8230; along with cast members <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/harrison-ford\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harrison Ford<\/a>, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/christa-miller\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christa Miller<\/a>, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Michael J. Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/01\/michael-j-fox-says-shrinking-part-more-than-just-acting-job\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">guest stars<\/a> in the show&#8217;s 3rd season.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, his public appearances <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/08\/michael-j-fox-shares-back-to-the-future-reunion-with-bestie-christopher-lloyd\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">are far and few<\/a> in between, and he&#8217;s taken a major step back from acting due to his life with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Back to the Future&#8221; star was diagnosed at the age of 29 back in 1990 &#8230; but didn&#8217;t announce his diagnosis until 1998. He has since become a prominent spokesperson for Parkinson&#8217;s research, and even founded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaeljfox.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson&#8217;s Research<\/a> in 2000, which has funded more than $2 billion in research.<\/p>\n<p>He retired in 2020 due to speech and memory challenges brought on by Parkinson&#8217;s &#8230; though he appeared in his 2023 documentary &#8220;Still&#8221; and has since acted in &#8220;The Good Fight: and &#8220;Shrinking,&#8221; and landed some voice roles.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve reached out to CNN &#8230; so far, no word back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1:29 PM PT &#8212; A CNN spokesperson tells TMZ &#8230; &#8220;The package was published in error; we have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":389090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,93,61,60,109697,25333,28779],"class_list":{"0":"post-389089","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-kim-k","13":"tag-kim-kardashian","14":"tag-kk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/389090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}