ALS

According to her representative, the Grammy Award-winning artist passed away on Monday and while no cause of death was revealed, Flack had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, since her diagnosis in August 2022.

In 2022, she was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, which took her ability to sing.

I didn’t know anything about ALS any more than Brian did when he was diagnosed.

Unwilling to accept his near certain death sentence, Wallach and Abrevaya started a nonprofit advocacy organization, I Am ALS, using their experience in political advocacy to raise awareness and funds.

Snow, a sports writer turned NHL executive, died at the age of 42 last October after a lengthy public battle with ALS.