Michael J. Fox is not dead.
In August of 2018, a death hoax surfaced claiming that the actor passed away due to Parkinson’s disease. The fake news article went viral on social media leading Fox’s fans to panic.
The fake news article was written on a fake Yahoo News website and the author is listed as Jennifer Singleton. It was shared nearly 200,000 times on Facebook and 213 times on Twitter:
The tweet below explains that Michael J. Fox did not die and reminds us how important it is to do a fact check. Fake news is a serious problem. Fox’s family members most likely panicked after seeing the news.
Michael J Fox did not die. The @YahooNews article is a fake website, designed to look exactly like the real Yahoo News site who's actual website is: https://t.co/lAhjsJKPxJ – Make sure you ALWAYS fact check. If he did die it would be on every news outlet im sure. @realmikefox
— Eric Simmons (@ericsimmonsx) August 5, 2018
The following pic shows Fox alongside his wife, Tracy Pollan. The couple got married in 1988. They met on the set of Family Ties. Fox played Alex P. Keaton in the TV series and Pollan played his girlfriend.
Fox and Pollan have four kids together.
Don’t count Michael J. Fox out. In 2000, the actor formed an organization to find a cure to Parkinson’s. The Michael J. Fox foundation has raised more than $800 million from donations.