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“The signs turned out to be the disease ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” Salming stated through the Leafs on Wednesday. “In an instant, everything changed. I do not know how the days ahead will be, but I understand that there will be challenges greater than anything I have ever faced.
Salming last played for the Leafs in 1989, but was never separated from his life-long friends in the Maple Leaf Gardens era, led by Sittler, Lanny McDonald and Tiger Williams. Yet one Leaf that Salming played ever so briefly with, Mark Kirton, was the first whom Sittler thought of sharing the news, to be a great ally in the coming fight.Article content
“Right now, I rest assured that I have my loving family around me and the best possible medical care. Please keep us in your prayers.”Article content Yet he played more than 1,000 games in Toronto and kept in such good shape that he was often compared to the 60-year-old Swede in government Participaction ads, in as good or better shape than younger Canadians. Salming survived many injuries, including a gruesome facial cut from a skate blade that required 200-plus stitches and just missed an eye.Article content
Much like Kirton, who suddenly began experiencing twitching in his biceps while on holidays in the Bahamas, it was a rapid turn for the worst.
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