Man With ALS Given Tickets to Super Bowl Dies on the Way to Game

The sun sets behind Mercedes-Benz Stadium ahead of Sunday's NFL Super Bowl 53 football game between the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots in Atlanta, on Jan. 30, 2019. AP Photo/David Goldman

A man with Lou Gehrig’s disease was given tickets to the Super Bowl, but he died in an accident on the way to the game.

Ed Cushman, who was living with the disease also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), had been given tickets to watch the Los Angeles Rams-New England Patriots game.