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To not be too facetious, I'll put it bluntly.

He died from his own disease.

Lou Gehrig's disease.

You usually retire from your profession when you're about to abruptly die.

To answer another question, which makes more sense: What is Lou Gehrig's disease?

A disease of the neurons, or more specifically the motor neurons, affecting your ability to move. This eventually leads to total paralysis, muscle loss, and then death.

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He suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a disease caused by the degeneration of nerve cells in the central nervous system that controls the voluntary movement of muscles.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was given the nickname 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'.

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Are you joking?

He got amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. He was too weak to play and died shortly after leaving the team.

Because he was such a high-profile player, ALS is commonly called "Lou Gehrig's Disease" in the United States. That's why I'm shocked you didn't know why he left the Yankees.

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The last game that Lou Gehrig ever played was on April 30, 1939.

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Lou Gehrig's final Baseball game was on April 30, 1939, he was 35 years old.

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Lou Gehrig was forced to retire because he was suffering from ALS, a disease of the nervous system

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Due to health problems, Lou Gehrig had to retire from the New York Yankees in 1939. He died a few years later of a fatal disease known as Lou Gehirg disease.

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