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Lou Gehrig

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Baseball Player
Died
Jun 2, 1941
Zodiac
Gemini
Born in
New York City NY
About
Baseball Hall of Famer, seven-time All-Star, six-time World Series Champion, and two-time AL MVP who became known as the "Iron Horse" after playing in 2,130 consecutive games. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which came to be known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Family
He married Eleanor Twitchell, the daughter of the Chicago Parks commissioner, in September of 1933. The couple remained married until his death.

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