Lou Gehrig Cause Of Death

17 days before his 38th birthday, Gehrig died at him at 5204 Delafield Avenue in the Riverdale neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York. He died of a rare incurable disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Upon hearing the news, Babe Ruth and his wife, Claire went to the Gehrig house to console Elenor. Mayor La Guardia ordered flags in New York to be flown at half-staff and major league ballparks around the nation did likewise.

His wife, Elenor never remarried and was quoted saying, I had the best of it. I would not have traded two minutes of my life with one man for 40 years with another. She dedicated the remainder of her life to supporting ALS research. She died 43 years after Lou on her 80th birthday.