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Lou Gehrig
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Lou Gehrig

1941

Lou Gehrig dies in New York of the degenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at the age of 37. The Yankees great retired with a career average of .340 with 493 home runs and 2,721 RBIs.
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