Gehrig

[ger-ig]

noun

1. Henry Louis Lou, 1903–41, U.S. baseball player.

Example Sentences

In the United States, baseball player Lou Gehrig died from the condition aged 39.

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It took Dane nine months before he was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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“That was so much more than a number. It connected the moment to one six decades earlier. It connected Cal Ripken to freaking Lou Gehrig. It evokes memories and emotions unlike numbers in any sport.”

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Creator Stephen Hillenburg, who died in 2018 at age 57 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease, was — appropriately — a teacher of marine biology in Southern California before switching to animation.

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The case that landed Jim before the Supreme Court started during one of the hardest periods of his life, when John was dying from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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