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Cause of Death: Lou Gehrig's Disease

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Amyotropic lateral sclerosis, named for baseball great Lou Gehrig.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jesse Brown
Government
27-Mar-1944 15-Aug-2002 US Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, 1993-97
Harry Browne
Politician
17-Jun-1933 1-Mar-2006 Libertarian candidate for President
Dennis Day
Radio Personality
21-May-1918 22-Jun-1988 On Jack Benny's radio show
Jim Dooley
Football
8-Feb-1930 8-Jan-2008 Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Richard Ellmann
Critic
15-Mar-1918 13-May-1987 James Joyce
Lou Gehrig
Baseball
19-Jun-1903 2-Jun-1941 Played 2,130 consecutive games
Vince Gibson
Football
27-Mar-1933 10-Jan-2012 Former NCAA coach
Catfish Hunter
Baseball
8-Apr-1946 9-Sep-1999 Pitched a perfect game in 1968
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Tony Judt
Historian
2-Jan-1948 6-Aug-2010 Postwar
Leadbelly
Guitarist
29-Jan-1885 6-Dec-1949 Goodnight Irene
Charles Mingus
Jazz Musician
22-Apr-1922 5-Jan-1979 Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Pauline Moore
Actor
14-Jun-1914 7-Dec-2001 American character actress
Stanford Moore
Chemist
4-Sep-1913 23-Aug-1982 Amino-acid analyzer
David Niven
Actor
1-Mar-1909 29-Jul-1983 Pencil-moustachioed actor
Lane Smith
Actor
29-Apr-1936 13-Jun-2005 The Final Days
Maxwell D. Taylor
Military
26-Aug-1901 19-Apr-1987 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64
Robert Webber
Actor
14-Oct-1924 19-May-1989 12 Angry Men



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