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ProfessorGAC

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9. I Wondered About That

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Fri Nov 18, 2022, 08:21 PM

Nov 2022

I knew a girl in grade school whose dad had Lou Gehrig's disease. (It wasn't commonly called ALS until later.)
He stopped being able to walk & the 2nd thing he lost was speech. They lived about a block away so we walked to school now & then when we were little kids.
This was around 6th grade. IIRC, he was gone before junior year of HS.
Very sad.

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Roberta Flack has ALS, now 'impossible to sing,' rep says [View all] Eugene Nov 2022 OP

How sad. Loved her songs. Srkdqltr Nov 2022 #1

A great musician... 2naSalit Nov 2022 #2

Oh, no... Tragic news. It's such a cruel disease. highplainsdem Nov 2022 #3

Sad Demovictory9 Nov 2022 #4

So sad to hear this news sdfernando Nov 2022 #5

Wow. About the saddest diagnosis. Trapped in her body, alert, aware, but unable hlthe2b Nov 2022 #6

Heartbreaking diagnosis. Someone I knew online died of ALS years ago, highplainsdem Nov 2022 #7

So tragic Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 #8

I Wondered About That ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #9