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Northport teacher David Deutsch dies at 43

David Deutsch, a teacher at Northport High School

Photo credit: Handout | David Deutsch, a teacher at Northport High School is shown in this undated family photo.

David Lowell Deutsch, the Northport High School teacher whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease inspired hundreds of students to raise millions of dollars toward a cure, died Wednesday. He was 43.

Deutsch, of West Sayville, graduated from Connetquot High School and received a bachelor's degree from Stony Brook University and a master's degree in education from Dowling College before he began...

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