[1] He dedicated this book to his nephew, Jon Fitzgerald, who grew up watching old movies with Michael as a small boy.
Fitzgerald was also noted for co-hosting the annual Jivin' Jacks and Jills Hollywood Reunion in Studio City, California for over 20 years.
[1] Fitzgerald was also an active participant in organizing the annual Memphis Film Festival from the early 2000s.
Some time in the late 1960s, Michael's fiancée was killed in an automobile accident and he never married.
Fitzgerald's favorite movies included musicals with Donald O'Connor, Peggy Ryan, and Gloria Jean, Abbott and Costello films, and classic horror movies such as Frankenstein (1931) and The Wolfman (1941).