Lou Gehrig "Luckiest Man" Speech (July 4, 1939), Babe Ruth Farewell to Baseball Speech (June 13, 1948)

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Most famous speeches from Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth giving their farewell speeches at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939 and on June 13, 1948, respectively.   Both men died not long after giving these speeches. Lou Gehrig died of ALS (now known as Lou Gehrig's disease) on June 2, 1941, approximately 2 years after giving his famous speech. Babe Ruth died only two months after giving his most famous speech, on August 16, 1948. Ruth died of throat cancer and you'll notice the raspiness and scratchy sound in Babe Ruth's voice, likely due to the effects of the throat cancer...  Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth are arguably the two most famous athletes in history and certainly two of the most famous baseball players ever to have played the game in the United States.   The following original audio clips are of Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth giving their farewell addresses to baseball.   Lou Gehrig gave his "Luckiest Man" speech at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. He died approximately 2 years later from ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a debilitating neurodegenerative disease, now known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.  Babe Ruth’s farewell address and most famous speech speech was given on June 13, 1948 at Yankee Stadium,  also known as the “House that Ruth Built.” Babe Ruth died from cancer approximately two months later, on August 16, 1948.  When these two men gave their farewell addresses to baseball, they were also giving their farewell addresses to life here on earth and to all of us who are alive today.   Let us remember these two American giants as we live our daily lives before we, too, will someday have to say goodbye to baseball and good bye to you.