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Biography

Name: Lou Gehrig
Variant Name: Henry Louis Gehrig
Birth Date: June 19, 1903
Death Date: June 2, 1941
Place of Birth: New York, New York, United States of America
Place of Death: New York, New York, United States of America
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: baseball player

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Biography of Lou Gehrig
2,037 words, approx. 7 pages
One of baseball's greatest hitters, Lou Gehrig (1903-1941) was a teammate of Babe Ruth on the New York Yankees and drove in more runs in his productive 17-year career than all but two other men in history. But Gehrig is known primarily for having...


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Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig ( June 19 1903 – June 2 1941 ), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig , was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. He set several Major League and American League records and was voted the greatest...


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Gehrig, Lou (1903-1941) Summary
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Baseball great Lou Gehrig (the "Iron Horse") was, alongside teammate Babe Ruth, a powerhouse player on the New York Yankees during the 1920s and 1930s until his career was cut short by the degenerative disease that bears his name. Born...
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Lou Gehrig Information
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Henry Louis ("Lou") Gehrig (June 19 1903 – June 2 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, (nicknamed The Iron Horse for his durability) was an American baseball player in the first half of the twentieth century. He set several Major League and American...


News and Journals
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
The heroic life of Lou Gehrig
05/08/2005: 539 words, approx. 2 pages
DAN McGRATH, Chicago Tribune The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 05-08-2005 The heroic life of Lou Gehrig By DAN McGRATH, Chicago Tribune Date: 05-08-2005, Sunday Section: ENTERTAINMENT Edtion: All Editions *-LUCKIEST MAN: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, by Jonathan Eig;...
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The American Surgeon
Lou Gehrig's death
04/01/2001: 2,626 words, approx. 9 pages
HENRY LOUIS GEHRIG was born to German immigrant parents in Manhattan's Yorkville district on June 19, 1903. His three siblings did not survive past infancy. After a turbulent childhood and adolescence he attended Columbia University for 2 years supported by a football scholarship. A...
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AP Features
Woman Regains Voice After Nearly 3 Years
11/8/2006: 370 words, approx. 1 pages
A woman thought to have Lou Gehrig's Disease has resumed talking after a silence of nearly three years _ the second such surprise recovery at a south-central Kansas facility. Nurse Georgi Hollins was tending to De Glaze on Halloween when her longtime...
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AP News
Kevorkian to be paroled in June
12/13/2006: 260 words, approx. 1 pages
After more than eight years in prison, a frail Dr. Jack Kevorkian will be paroled in June with a promise that he won't assist in any more suicides, a prison spokesman said Wednesday.Leo Lalonde, the corrections spokesman, would not provide further details.Kevorkian, once the nation's...
 


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