Via Scoop.it – ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease
William Weld and Paul Cellucci had known each other only a short time when they joined forces to run on a ticket for governor, a partnership that came to define an era in Massachusetts politics. More than two decades later, the old friends and political allies are teaming up again in a final collaboration, a poignant, deeply personal stand against ALS, the ravaging disease Cellucci now confronts. For Cellucci, who made his diagnosis public early last year, the ambitious fund-raising effort has lent him purpose and comfort, an ease to his mind as his body fails. Working the phones with Weld like they did in their political heyday, he said, has felt like old times.
Via articles.boston.com
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