From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Eric Dane in 2025, celebrities have publicly dealt with what is now known as ALS for decades.

Since Gehrig’s death in 1941, dozens of additional public figures battled the disease. American physicist Stephen ... Hawking had a slow-progressing form of ALS, allowing him to survive decades ...

From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Eric Dane in 2025, celebrities have publicly dealt with what is now known as ALS for decades.

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why? I n March 2009, ...

Actor Eric Dane, 52, revealed this week that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease ... is physicist Stephen Hawking, who lived ...

Eric Dane reveals he has been diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) shortly after ending his divorce process.

Stephen Hawking, an anomaly ... His friend fell into an icy-cold brook two days before he was diagnosed—“Perhaps the shock triggered the disease?” Another woman owned a failing restaurant ...

At a Motor Neurone Disease support group, there is passion - and frustration - about the need to raise awareness of the ...

Eric Dane has been diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. "I have been diagnosed ... Others who have battled ALS include Stephen Hawking; Yankees player Lou Gehrig, who died ...

Former Grey’s Anatomy star Eric Dane has disclosed that he’s been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...