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Lou Gehrig dies of rare disease

June 2, 20111940sadmin

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(Monday, June 2, 1941, 10:10 p.m ET) — Lou Gehrig, baseball’s “Iron Horse,” died today at his home in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, New York, of a degenerative disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). He was 37.

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