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Title: Bicycling
Notice:Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:JAMIN::WASSER
Created:Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3214
Total number of notes:31946

2246.0. "Lon Haldeman's Daughter Dies" by LJOHUB::CRITZ () Thu Apr 16 1992 18:23

    	While in Irvine, CA, last year for RAAM '91, I saw
    	Susan Notorangelo and Lon Haldeman. They were right
    	around the corner from us in the parking lot. They
    	had their baby daughter Ericka with them, too. I was
    	tempted to go over, introduce myself, and see the baby.
    	See, that's what you do when you love children, especially
    	babies, like I do.
    
    	Sadly, I read in the latest BICYCLING that Ericka died in
    	February of this year of infantile Lou Gehrig's disease.
    	She was 11 months old. In the article on the PAC ride,
    	Lon mentioned that children with this disease rarely live
    	past 2 years.
    
    	Sad news.
    
    	Scott
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2246.1NCPROG::LITASIto the land of Gitchi-Goommie....Mon Apr 20 1992 01:4717
    
    I saw that article in Bicycling too.  And I've actually held
    Ericka.  Last summer at a bike picnic in Illinois I gave Susan
    and Lon a chance to eat their lunch (at the potluck after the
    ride) by holding Ericka and walking around the park with her.
    In spite of her age she was unable to hold up her head and
    had difficulty breathing.  Susan told me that she had MD and
    that she probably wouldn't see her second birthday.  I guess
    Lou G's disease must be related, don't know.
    
    As I walked around the park, I thought to myself that it was
    a terribly cruel irony that Ericka's parents should be such
    incredible athletes and the disease be so disabling.
    
    I will always remember the pain and strain on their faces.
    
    	Sherry