Brooke Eby, ALS Advocate Who Built Global Community, Dies at 37
Brooke Eby, a Montgomery County resident and prominent ALS advocate, has died at age 37. Diagnosed at 33, she used social media to humanize the disease and founded ALStogether, a peer support network. In 2026, she integrated ALStogether with the ALS Network and received the Dean and Kathleen Rasmussen Advocate of the Year Award. Her legacy includes raising over $1 million for research and reshaping public understanding of ALS through candid, humorous storytelling.