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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
It's commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, named after the famous baseball player who got the illness and had to retire in 1939.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
That's because Hawking was afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease and lost the ability to speak in 1985.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Their mother, who died in 2013, also had the same disease, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
It's commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease, named after the famous baseball player who got the illness and had to retire in 1939.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
That's because Hawking was afflicted with Lou Gehrig's disease and lost the ability to speak in 1985.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
Their mother, who died in 2013, also had the same disease, which is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Lou Gehrig's disease
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Lou Geh·rig's disease
ˌlü-ˌge(ə)r-igz-, -ˌga(ə)r- 
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