LISTS

Amyotropic lateral sclerosis, named for baseball great Lou Gehrig.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jesse Brown	Government	27-Mar-1944	15-Aug-2002	US Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, 1993-97
Harry Browne	Politician	17-Jun-1933	1-Mar-2006	Libertarian candidate for President
Dennis Day	Radio Personality	21-May-1918	22-Jun-1988	On Jack Benny's radio show
Jim Dooley	Football	8-Feb-1930	8-Jan-2008	Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Richard Ellmann	Critic	15-Mar-1918	13-May-1987	James Joyce
Lou Gehrig	Baseball	19-Jun-1903	2-Jun-1941	Played 2,130 consecutive games
Vince Gibson	Football	27-Mar-1933	10-Jan-2012	Former NCAA coach
Catfish Hunter	Baseball	8-Apr-1946	9-Sep-1999	Pitched a perfect game in 1968
Jacob K. Javits	Politician	18-Mar-1904	7-Mar-1986	US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Tony Judt	Historian	2-Jan-1948	6-Aug-2010	Postwar
Leadbelly	Guitarist	29-Jan-1885	6-Dec-1949	Goodnight Irene
Charles Mingus	Jazz Musician	22-Apr-1922	5-Jan-1979	Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Pauline Moore	Actor	14-Jun-1914	7-Dec-2001	American character actress
Stanford Moore	Chemist	4-Sep-1913	23-Aug-1982	Amino-acid analyzer
David Niven	Actor	1-Mar-1909	29-Jul-1983	Pencil-moustachioed actor
Lane Smith	Actor	29-Apr-1936	13-Jun-2005	The Final Days
Maxwell D. Taylor	Military	26-Aug-1901	19-Apr-1987	Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64
Robert Webber	Actor	14-Oct-1924	19-May-1989	12 Angry Men

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