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Michael J. Fox's Wife Tracy Pollan ‘Gives Him the Strength to Keep Fighting' Amid Parkinson's Battle
Michael J. Fox has demonstrated selfless courage in the face of adversity, and a source says he's totally indebted to his devoted wife of almost 37 years, Tracy Pollan, who's his total rock and main source of strength through good times and bad.
'Michael is the first to say that he couldn't do any of this without Tracy,' the insider exclusively tells Closer amid Michael's battle with Parkinson's disease. 'When he was diagnosed she didn't flinch, she just stood by him with total loyalty and she's never wavered. She is right there in the trenches with him, she doesn't try to fix everything or act like she knows all the answers, she just shows up, every single day for him and their kids.'
'Even with all he's been through he says all the time he's the luckiest guy in the world because he has the best wife and kids any man could ask for,' the insider adds. 'Whenever he feels discouraged, Tracy is right there to lift him up and remind him of how far he's come. Michael is such an incredibly brave and positive person but he's the first one to credit Tracy, he says all the time she's the one that gives him the strength to keep fighting. Anyone that knows him will tell you their love story is one for the ages.'
The Back to the Future actor, 63, opened up about his relationship with Tracy, 64, in Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie. The pair are parents to four kids, Sam, Aquinnah, Schuyler and Esme.
"When I'm with my family there's no... 'Oh baby. I feel your pain. I feel so bad for you. You're a saint among men,'" the dad of four said. "That would be the worst thing they could do to me."
He said that Tracy "learned to deal with a lot of stuff" in the years since his diagnosis.
"How frustrating it must be to bear a burden that isn't her burden. It's my burden, but she shares it with me,' Michael said. 'She not only shares it with me, she takes it on more than I take it on. Anything I go through, she's gone through and then has to figure out how to make it work. I just have to feel it and live it."
Michael and Tracy have been married since 1988. The Spin City alum was diagnosed with Parkinson's three years later at age 29.
Though he admitted he's faced some challenges through the years, Michael's love and appreciation for Tracy has never wavered.
"Tracy gives our family everything that we need. Any good in our family, anything good that we do, comes from her," he told People in March 2023.
"I think we really listen to each other, we are there for each other when we need each other," Tracy told the outlet. "And then we also give each other space when that's needed. Just feeling off of what's needed at the moment and trying to be there."
