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General Major 
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TITLE |
Bang
the Drum Slowly (1973) |
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DISABILITY |
General
Hodgkin's disease |
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NOTES |
Another film
about baseball, alas. But also about a catcher |
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who is dying
from Hodgkin's disease and his best friend who |
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is
determined that his friend lives and plays well until the end. |
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From the
novel by Mark Harris. Said to be "weepy" and with a poor
performance from De Niro. |
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Hodgkin's
Disease: "marked by enlargement of the lymphatic |
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glands and
spleen, with progressive anaemia: also called |
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Notes
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