ASK PRIVATE FUNERAL. Lou’s old team, the Yankees, ... Later on that season, on July 4, he was honored with a “Lou Gehrig Day” at the Yankee Stadium, with 61,808 fans attending.

By July 4, 1939, the Yankees were playing as if they did not miss the ailing Lou Gehrig. They had rolled to a 51-16 record and were 12 1/2-games ahead of the Boston Red Sox.

Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees delivered his farewell speech on Lou Gehrig Day on July 4, 1939 at Yankee Stadium. ... All the while, Gehrig waited, the guest of honor at a living funeral.

On July 4, 1939, a dying Lou Gehrig delivered the Gettysburg Address of baseball. ... The Bambino came to pay his final respects at Gehrig's funeral on June 3, 1941. AP Photo.

The study found that the jobs of funeral directors involve the sort of frequent and intense formaldehyde exposure that could lead to ALS, often called Lou Gehrig's disease for the famous baseball ...

This Fourth of July brings with it a special anniversary for New Yorkers. On this day 85 years ago Yankees baseball great Lou Gehrig, suffering from ALS, the neurodegenerative illness now known as ...