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  • 2015-05-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Is Actor Michael J. Fox's Middle Name 'Jello'? (en)
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  • What is actor Michael J. Fox's middle name? Is it Justin? Jackson? How about Jazzhands? The answer to the question of exactly what that initial stands for has proved elusive to many of his fans, allowing for the rise of a strange rumor: Michael Fox's parents allowed him to choose his own middle name, so when he was six years old he opted to honor his favorite dessert and become Michael Jello Fox: The exact origins of this rumor are unclear (it's probably an escapee from one of the plethora of fake Did you know? factoid lists that have long circulated online), but the unusual claim has been posted to multiple Internet forums over the years. Although the details of the story change depending upon the source, the basic premise of the rumor was provided during a 2008 off-topic discussion on the Rotten Tomatoes film site about middle names: Curiously, expressions of this rumor have also made their way into some online sales listings for the Back to the Future DVD: (This note is also wrong in stating that Back to the Future had its theatrical release in 1990. The second sequel, Back to the Future III, opened in 1990, but the original movie first hit theaters in 1985). Okay, so what is Michael J. Fox's real middle name? The correct answer is ... wait for it ... Andrew. Huh? How is that possible? According to a brief biography from the Michael J. Fox Foundation, the actor was born Michael Andrew Fox in 1961 to parents William and Phyllis Fox in Edmonton, Alberta. The actor explained in his autobiography Lucky Man: A Memoir that it wasn't until he had to register for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) that he decided to use a different middle initial for his professional name, due to industry requirements for unique stage identifiers: In terms of birth names, Michael J. Fox's middle name is therefore Andrew. In terms of stage names, his middle name is, like that of President Harry S. Truman, simply an initial that stands for nothing in particular. (en)
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