The white house at 5204 Delafield Avenue in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, where Lou Gehrig was living at the time of the 1940 census still stands today. Just a little over a year later, Lou Gehrig lost his battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease), dying on 2 June 1941.1
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Sources:
1. 1940 U.S. Census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, New York, enumeration district (ED) 3–1225, page 15332(stamped), sheet 3A, household 35, Lou Gehrig household; digital images, Archives.com (http://1940census.archives.com : accessed 7 April 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2491.
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Sources:
1. 1940 U.S. Census, Bronx County, New York, population schedule, New York, enumeration district (ED) 3–1225, page 15332(stamped), sheet 3A, household 35, Lou Gehrig household; digital images, Archives.com (http://1940census.archives.com : accessed 7 April 2012); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 2491.
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