Greetings LF!
Coming out of summer lurkdom to post this tribute to a dear friend of a dear friend (and B's fan, of course).
Teaching lessons until the very end
“Be grateful for the people who show up in your life every day because they don’t have to,’’ he wrote. “We were put on this earth to make it better than when we arrived. How are you making it better?’’
Diagnosed with ALS 15 months ago, Kevin marshaled all of his resources to finding a cure - not for himself, but for others who would come after him. Through sheer determination of will, he convened different research factions and got them to work together.
Part of Kevin Gosnell’s legacy is ALS ONE,
which he founded to help find a cure for the disease that killed him. So far, it has raised more than $5 million. And leading ALS researchers like Dr. Robert H. Brown Jr. at UMass Medical School in Worcester credit Gosnell with helping to forge important medical partnerships.
“The likelihood of a meaningful therapy in five to 10 years is very high,’’ Brown said.
That’s something of which his family is proud. The team he put in place will carry on his mission.