Eric Dane diagnosed with ALS: Celebrities, famous people who suffered from rare disease | Photos
Here's a look at celebrities and famous people who were diagnosed with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease
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Eric Dane, who played Mark Sloan on Grey's Anatomy, has been diagnosed with ALS(X)
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Late R&B singer Roberta Flack was diagnosed with ALS in 2022 (Photo by Rafa RIVAS / AFP)(AFP)
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ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease, was named after the famous baseball player who got the illness and had to retire in 1939.(Instagram)
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Renowned late physicist Stephen Hawking was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in 1963 when he was just 21 years old(Reuters)
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