NCS has apologized to Michael J. Fox after it shared a tribute to the Back to the Future star on Wednesday, prompting fears he had died aged 64.
The information outlet printed an article and video titled “Remembering the Life of Actor Michael J. Fox,” screenshots of which rapidly went viral on X.
NCS later took the article down, and a spokesperson advised TMZ: “The package was published in error; we have removed it from our platforms and send our apologies to Michael J. Fox and his family.”
The apology got here after Fox’s personal representatives debunked the report, telling TMZ: “Michael is doing great. He was at PaleyFest yesterday. He was on stage and was giving interviews.”
In a Threads publish, Fox added: “How do you react when you turn on the TV and NCS is reporting your death?
Screenshots of NCS’s mistakenly published article about Fox quickly went viral on X (@derekahunter/X)
“Do you…A) switch to MNSBC, or whatever they are calling themselves these days, (B) Pour scolding hot water on your lap, if it hurts your fine, (C) Call your wife, hopefully she’s concerned but reassuring, (D) Relax, they do this once every year, (E) Ask yourself wtf ? I thought the world was ending, but apparently it’s just me and I’m ok. Love, Mike.”
Fox made a shock look at PaleyFest LA on Tuesday, dropping in on the season three wrap celebration for Apple TV’s Shrinking.
The occasion, held on the Dolby Theatre, featured a particular screening adopted by a panel dialogue led by showrunner and co-creator Bill Lawrence and co-creator and star Jason Segel. They have been joined by solid members Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Luke Tennie, Christa Miller, Lukita Maxwell and Ted McGinley.
Fox is alive and nicely, he reassured followers (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation)
On the present, Fox visitor stars as Gary, a affected person who bonds along with his therapist, Paul — performed by Harrison Ford — over their shared Parkinson’s diagnoses.
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991 and has made restricted display appearances in recent times as his situation has worsened.
The Family Ties star briefly retired from appearing in 2020 after the illness made it too tough for him to proceed.
In 2024, he expressed his need to return to the industry if he have been ever match and in a position, hinting that he would probably take a task that allowed him to painting his “challenges” with Parkinson’s Disease. He stated: “I would do acting if something came up that I could put my realities into, my challenges if I could figure it out.
“If someone offers me a part and I do it and I have a good time, great,” he advised Entertainment Tonight.
Earlier this 12 months, he made an appearance at the Actor Awards (previously the SAG Awards), receiving beneficiant applause from his friends in attendance earlier than giving a brief speech about his journey to turn into an actor and the way it gave him a household.
In 2000, the five-time Emmy winner launched the Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, which has turn into the main Parkinson’s organisation on this planet. To date, they’ve raised over $2.5 billion (roughly £1.9 million) to fund therapies and a possible remedy.
In 2023, he obtained an honorary Oscar in recognition of his humanitarian work, adopted a 12 months later by the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden.