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He could have slipped away quietly, another fallen star with a tragic footnote. Instead, Michael J. Fox chose to stand in front of cameras and admit the truth: he was afraid, he was in pain, and he didn’t know what came next. That honesty shattered the illusion of invincibility that clings to fame—and people leaned in closer, not away. By naming his struggle, he stripped it of some of its power.
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