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Lou Gehrig's Death and ALS: 75 Years Later
75 years after Gehrig speech, slow progress treating ALS
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TSN Archives: Lou Gehrig's Death Shocks All in Game (June 5, 1941
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Eighty Years On, Lou Gehrig's Words Reverberate - The New York Times
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