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Baseball to Call Attention to Gehrig's Disease - The New York Times
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Lou Gehrig, American Experience, Official Site
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Lou Gehrig's final years
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Mitch Albom: Songwriter with ALS pushed for Lou Gehrig Day in
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Lou Gehrig's disease: Why ALS is forever associated with one of
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Major League Baseball to hold first Lou Gehrig Day on June 2 – KGET 17
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GEHRIG, 'IRON MAN' OF BASEBALL, DIES AT THE AGE OF 37; Rare
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