Rugby Star and ALS Campaigner Doddie Weir Dies at 52

Scottish Rugby player Doddie Weir visits the Scottish Parliament, to be present for Rachael Hamilton MSP’s debate in the Scottish Parliament on their joint campaign for automatic access to the Blue Badge Scheme for people with MND, on Sept.26, 2019. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

EDINBURGH, Scotland—Doddie Weir, a former Scotland rugby player whose diagnosis with Lou Gehrig’s disease led to a campaign for more research into ALS, has died at the age of 52.

The Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) announced Weir’s death on Saturday.