# The Reports of Michael J. Fox's Death are Greatly Exaggerated **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** actor-characters\ **Created:** [April 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246 "2026-04-13T17:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/21 "2026-04-15T02:40:28Z")
Also Tom Baker. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/22 "2026-04-15T02:48:14Z")
Who? 😀 ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/23 "2026-04-15T02:48:45Z")
Reminds me of the time Harold Pinter didn’t die: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H5hcm-CZkKQ/hqdefault.jpg "Sky News - Harold Pinter blooper") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5hcm-CZkKQ) ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/24 "2026-04-16T13:19:41Z")
Advanced Parkinson isn’t pretty. Many suffer horrible hallucinations. I hope Michael is one of the fortunate ones that don’t have them. I visited my mom, until she passed, at the nursing home. They’re were many advanced Parkinson patients. Some never spoke and others hollered. Thankfully her roommate was very quiet. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2026, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/25 "2026-04-16T13:42:43Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Advanced Parkinson isn’t pretty. Many suffer horrible hallucinations. There is a series on Apple TV called Shrinking, in which Harrison Ford portrays an older therapist who has Parkinson’s. In the season that just ended, he had hallucinations of Michael J Fox’s character. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2026, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246/26 "2026-04-27T03:28:37Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > > > So, suddenly, CNN is not reliably checking their sources. I mean, jeez at least ask the reporter what bar they were at when they heard that rumor. > > I don’t think it was a source issue. These news sites already have tons of obits prepared for notable people. Someone just accidentally published it. Yeah, they meant to publish an obit for Michael J Dox, but they fat-fingered it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-reports-of-michael-j-foxs-death-are-greatly-exaggerated/1029246.md?page=1)