Is it true that Lou Gehrig died of Lou Gehrig's disease?

Answer 1

Yes, that is where the name Lou Gehrig's Disease came from. It's also easier to remember than amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Answer 2

yes. but the disease was named after him after he died. Watch the movie on Lou Gehrig.

Answer 3

No, it's not true, he died of ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), which was later called Lou Gehrig's disease because he is one of the first ,and certainly the most famous to have been diagnosed with it at the time when they figured out what it was.

Answer 4

Yes. He died in 1941. In 1942 a movie (starring Babe Ruth) called "Pride of the Yankees" came out in tribute to Lou Gehrig. He was 37 when he died.

Answer 5

The disease was named after him, because at the time he had it, it was a newly found disease, and Lou was the first one to get the rare disease. Nowadays, many children have Lou Gehrig's disease. If Lou was still playing until retirement, he would've past Babe Ruth's HR record. Lou has the record for most ever hits by any player on the New York Yankees.

Answer 6

He died from ALS. Lou Gehrig's name was used as a nickname for ALS.

Answer 7

yeah but when he died from it wasn't called Lou Gehrigs disease.

Answer 8

He died from ALS a form of muscular dystrophy. The disease became known as Lou Gehrigs disease because he was one of the most well known people who died of ALS.

Answer 9

Dude, it is so hard not to make fun of you right now. He got a disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and it was named after him. That is how it became Lou Gehrig's disease.

Answer 10

Yes