Michael J. Fox’s wife Tracy is his “Forever Summer Girl” in Sweet Tribute

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Stronger than ever! Michael J Fox and wife Tracy PollanHis enduring love has helped them overcome their greatest challenges, including his battle with Parkinson’s disease.

The Back to the future star was diagnosed in 1991, three years after he married Pollan. As he reflects on his health journey in the trailer for his 2023 documentary, StillFox recalled breaking the news to his wife.

“I told Tracy… ‘In sickness and in health,’ I remember her whispering,” the Canadian actor said in a voiceover. “No one outside my family knew. … But all those years of hiding have shaken me up.”

The couple met while working together on season 4 of Family ties in 1985. Pollan played Ellen Reed, the love interest of Fox’s Alex P. Keaton. Their real-life romance officially began after they reunited on the big screen for the drama Bright lights, big city.

Fox and the New York native made their red carpet debut at the 39th Annual Emmy Awards in 1987, where he won the trophy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Family ties. He proposed later that year.

The 1980s icon put a playful spin on the frenzy surrounding his 1988 wedding in an essay written for Esquire. “I got married last summer and the reviews were terrible,” Fox wrote a year after she tied the knot. “Well, I can usually handle bad reviews – you put your work out there and everyone can take a chance. But Tracy and I never envisioned our wedding as part of our body of work.

Despite planning to exchange vows “as far from Hollywood” as they could get — the ceremony took place in Vermont — they couldn’t avoid the attention. “Unaware of all the madness going on outside, Tracy and I danced all night,” Fox gushed.

After decades of being in the spotlight, the duo’s love for each other only grew. Fox surprised Pollan with a romantic getaway to Paris in 2011 to celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary.

“Tracy is an art buff, so we walked miles to gallery after gallery after gallery,” the Turn City alum exclusively told Us after the trip. “I love to see that she enjoys doing what she loves to do, which is looking at art, but it exhausted me!”

The creator of the Michael J. Fox Foundation and Pollan — who share children Samuel, Aquinnah, Schuyler, and Esmé — have remained each other’s greatest champions over the years. In accepting the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2022 Governors Awards, the Good wife alum – who previously retired from acting – sent a special shout-out to the invent Anna star.

“Tracy made it clear she was with me the whole time,” he said on stage, later gesturing to his trophy. “I can’t believe I’ve been standing here for so long, it’s a miracle. I can’t walk and carry this thing. But I ask Tracy to carry the weight again.

Scroll down for a glimpse of Fox and Pollan’s romance over the years: