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Gleason is an American documentary film which premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.It covers five years in the life of the former New Orleans Saints football defensive back Steve Gleason, who has Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes known as Lou Gehrig's disease, a rare incurable neurodegenerative condition associated with the former New York Yankees baseball star Lou Gehrig ...
To get in more movie-watching and less searching, I've compiled a list of the best documentaries on Amazon Prime. ... In 2011, he was diagnosed with ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease) at age 34. ...
Ady Barkan, an attorney and liberal activist whose story was featured in the 2021 documentary “Not Going Quietly,” has died.He was 39. His wife, Rachael Scarborough King, shared the news on X ...
Andrea Peet was the first person with ALS to complete a marathon in all 50 states. A new film tells her inspirational story. New documentary tells the story of Raleigh marathoner with ALS.
Augustine L. Nieto II (February 15, 1958 – February 22, 2023) [2] was the founder and chief executive of Life Fitness, as well as the chairman of Augie's Quest to Cure ALS, and the ALS Therapy Development Institute. He and his wife, Lynne, lived in Corona Del Mar, California, and had four children and eight grandchildren. [3]
Wallach was diagnosed with ALS in 2017 at the age of 37 on the same day he and his wife brought home their second daughter from the hospital. [3] Originally visiting the doctor for a persistent cough, Wallach had also mentioned experiencing muscle tremors and weakness in his left hand and was told he probably had a progressive neurodegenerative disease. [2]
Christa Thompson lost her husband, Olin W. Thompson III, to the cruel disease in 2022.
Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet is a feature-length documentary film directed by Jesse Vile about guitarist Jason Becker and his 22-year-long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. The film includes footage from Becker's childhood and his early days with guitarist Marty Friedman and the rock band Cacophony .