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 … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig, born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. He set several... More
Stephen Hawking

Stephen Hawking

male, 66 years old
black holes Quantum Gravity theoretical physics physicist agnostic cosmology … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Stephen William Hawking, CH, CBE, FRS, FRSA, (born 8 January1942) is a British theoretical physicist. Hawking is the Lucasian Professor of... More
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 … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter, son of Abbott and Millie Hunter, was a prolific Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965... More

Bruce Edwards

male, deceased (2004)
Death from motor neurone disease caddie caddy American amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 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... More
Cal Ripken Jr.

Cal Ripken Jr.

male, 48 years old
from Harford County, Maryland Major League Baseball All-Star Game third baseman second base California Angels hit for the cycle … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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... More
Stephen Heywood

Stephen Heywood

male, deceased (2006)
Death from motor neurone disease His Brother’s Keeper ALS Therapy Development Institute So Much So Fast als amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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... More
Sue Rodriguez

Sue Rodriguez

female, deceased (1994)
member of parliament prison supreme court of canada assisted suicide criminal code of canada legal … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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... More
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 … amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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.... More

Jon Stone

male, deceased (1997)
Sesame Street amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 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... More
James Heywood

James Heywood

male
ALS Therapy Development Institute amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 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,... More