Fox won this year’s Elevate Prize Catalyst Award, which the “Back to the Future” star plans to use to further his foundation’s work to find treatments for Parkinson’s disease. The annual prize, which went to Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai last year, includes $250,000 from the Elevate Prize Foundation and support to amplify the winner’s messaging. “He is a brave, good man.”Joseph Deitch, founder of The Elevate Prize Foundation, called Fox “a lightning rod for good,” as he presented him with the award. “He is an icon,” Elevate Prize Foundation CEO Carolina García Jayaram told The Associated Press in an interview. Fox Foundation, said the award comes at an important time for the nonprofit.

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Persons: Michael J, Fox, Malala Yousafzai, Hillary Clinton, Michael hadn’t, ” Fox, “, Bill Clinton, ”, ” Joseph Deitch, Carolina García Jayaram, ” Garcia Jayaram, ” Deborah Brooks, ” Brooks, Brooks, it’s Organizations: Clinton Global Initiative, Fox, Associated Press, Fox Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: New York