Lou Gehrig

Lou Gehrig

male, deceased (1941)
American baseball, Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig, Baseball Writers' Association, slugging percentage, from New York City…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig, born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. He set several...
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

male, 67 years old
black holes, Quantum Gravity, theoretical physics, physicist, agnostic, cosmology…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis, multiple sclerosis fighter
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of...
Catfish Hunter

Catfish Hunter

male, deceased (1999)
American League ERA champion, Kansas City Athletics player, Major League Baseball, Birmingham Barons player, diabetic, from North Carolina…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter, son of Abbott and Millie Hunter, was a prolific Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965...

Bruce Edwards

male, deceased (2004)
Death from motor neurone disease, caddie, caddy, American, amyotrophiclateralsclerosis, Tom Watson
Bruce Edwards (November 16, 1954 - April 8, 2004) was a long-time caddie for Hall of Fame golfer Tom Watson. Edwards began caddying for Watson in...
Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.

male, 49 years old
from Harford County, Maryland, Major League Baseball All-Star Game, third baseman, second base, California Angels, hit for the cycle…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
Calvin Edwin Ripken, Jr. (born August 24 1960 in Havre de Grace, Maryland), commonly known as Cal or Cal Jr., less frequently Junior or Rip, is a...
Stephen Heywood

Stephen Heywood

male, deceased (2006)
His Brother’s Keeper, Death from motor neurone disease, ALS Therapy Development Institute, als, So Much So Fast, amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
Stephen Heywood (April 13 1969 - November 26 2006) was diagnosed with ALS in 1998, aged 29. Stephen Heywood was a catalyst in the ALS research...
Sue Rodriguez

Sue Rodriguez

female, deceased (1994)
member of parliament, prison, supreme court of canada, assisted suicide, criminal code of canada, legal…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
Sue Rodriguez was an advocate of assisted suicide. She was born in Winnipeg, with the given name Sue Shipley, and grew up in Thornhill, Ontario, a...
Jenifer Estess

Jenifer Estess

female, deceased (2003)
From Moline, Illinois, usd, from New York City, activist, New York University alumni, Death from motor neurone disease…amyotrophiclateralsclerosis
Jenifer Estess was a Moline, Illinois-born theatre producer. She began her career as an actor after graduating from New York University with a B.A....

Jon Stone

male, deceased (1997)
Sesame Street, amyotrophiclateralsclerosis, Captain Kangaroo, The Monster at the End of This Book
Jon Stone (April 13, 1931-March 13, 1997) started working for children's programs in 1955 beginning as writer as "Captain Kangaroo". He later...
James Heywood

James Heywood

male
ALS Therapy Development Institute, amyotrophiclateralsclerosis, 60 Minutes II, ALS Therapy Development Foundation, So Much So Fast, d'Arbeloff
James Heywood is the Founding Director of the ALS Therapy Development Institute, a non-profit biotechnology company based in Cambridge,...