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Celebrities Who Have Battled ALS: Eric Dane, Stephen Hawking and More

From Lou Gehrig in 1939 to Eric Dane in 2025, celebrities have publicly dealt with what is now known as ALS for decades.
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This Giant Carnivore Ran on Hooves. Scientists Are Investigating Its Massive Skull and Crushing Teeth to Decipher the Beast’s True Nature

For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to ...

‘CIA’ Star Nick Gehlfuss Appreciates That Wolf Entertainment Focuses On “First Responder Forward Storytelling”: “No One Does It Better”

He’s a proud member of the Wolf Pack.

Eric Dane Says ALS Symptoms Started Months Before Diagnosis. What He Shared About His Disease

Before actor Eric Dane died after a two-year battle with ALS in Feb. 2026, he shared details about life with ALS and how the illness progressed.
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What is ALS, the disease that killed actor Eric Dane?

ALS is slightly more common in men than in women and tends to strike in midlife, between the ages of 40 and 60. Dane, known ...