United Kingdom, July 29 -- Michael J. Fox is set to receive one of television's most prestigious humanitarian honours at the 78th Emmy Awards when he will be the recipient of the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.

The Television Academy has announced that Fox will receive the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award during the primetime Emmy ceremony, which will air on Monday, September 14.

The award will recognise Fox's "transformative contributions to Parkinson's disease research and advocacy" through his work with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, which he founded in 2000 after publicly revealing his diagnosis with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 1998.

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