Lou Gehrig's disease
This 2004 photo shows Christopher Pendergast, a suburban New York teacher who turned a dreaded Lou Gehrig’s Disease diagnosis into a decades-long campaign to raise awareness and fund research. Pendergast died from the illness on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. He was 71. (AP Photo/Michael Sisak)
Teacher who turned ALS diagnosis into a movement dies at 71

By Michael R. Sisak Oct. 16, 2020 05:43 PM EDT

Jim Hilliard, Tamara Hilliard and Kat Minnerly watch the Colorado Rockies play against the Texas Rangers in an exhibition baseball game Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. The Hilliards are the parents of Rockies left fielder Sam Hilliard and Minnerly is his fiancee. (AP Photo/Richard W. Rodriguez)
Rockies OF's dad with ALS sees his son play at home in Texas

By Stephen Hawkins Jul. 21, 2020 10:01 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 5, 2006 file photo, Reese Witherspoon, nominated for an Oscar for best actress in a leading role for her work in "Walk the Line," arrives for the 78th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, as her publicist Nanci Ryder, left, looks on. Ryder, a powerful Hollywood publicist and co-founder of BWR Public Relations died Thursday, June 11, 2020, of Lou Gehrig’s disease in Los Angeles. She was 67. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Hollywood power publicist and pal to stars Nanci Ryder dies

By Mark Kennedy Jun. 11, 2020 11:26 PM EDT