In sickness and in health. ❤️ Three years into their marriage, Michael J. Fox got news that can shake a person — and a marriage — to the foundation. He was 29. Early-onset Parkinson’s. When he told Tracy Pollan, she didn’t flinch. She reminded him of the vow they had already made: in sickness and in health. Those weren’t just wedding-day words. They became the life they lived. Michael kept the diagnosis private for seven years. He kept working. He fought battles most people never saw. When he went public in 1998, Tracy was still right there. On September 14, 2026, he received the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the Emmy Awards for decades of Parkinson’s research and advocacy. Tracy was there again — not as a celebrity plus-one, but as his wife. Nearly four decades. Four children. Fame, hard years, sobriety, uncertainty, and a disease that changed everything — except this: he never had to face it alone. It’s easy to promise “for better or worse” when everything is better. The vow means something when the worse arrives and you still choose each other. This isn’t just a Hollywood love story. It’s a story about commitment. Love starts a marriage. Commitment keeps it standing. ❤️