LOU GEHRIG'S FINAL BATTLE PROVES WHAT A HERO HE WAS.(Spotlight)

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | April 8, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: Ed Halloran, Special to the News

The title of Jonathan Eig's new book refers to a statement Lou Gehrig made when he was honored at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939, after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - now known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."

Gehrig, the Yankees' captain, had been a powerful man, so muscular that, not that long before the first symptoms of the fatal disease struck him, he'd been considered as a potential star for the next Tarzan movie.

ALS quickly ravaged his body, and according to Eig, after the speeches ...

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