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Chris Pendergast, Who Fought A.L.S. Mile After Mile, Dies at 71

Chris Pendergast, a Long Island teacher who defied the odds by surviving 27 years with Lou Gehrig’s disease, leading marathon “rides for life” for hundreds of miles from his motorized wheelchair to publicize the plight of fellow patients and raise $ 10 million for research, died on Oct. 14 at …

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