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Bookmark or Share- Jewish teen battling rare aging disease dies at 17Sam Berns of Foxborough, Mass., died Friday after a lifelong battle with progeria. He was 17, three years older than the typical life expectancy for children with the disease. Sam came into the...
- Sam Berns: My philosophy for a happy life | TED Talk07:52. 3.94M views | Sep 2015. The way we think about work is broken. Barry Schwartz. Born with a rare genetic disorder called progeria, Sam Berns knew he'd be facing more obstacles in life than most. This didn't stop him from taking charge of his own happiness.
- Sam Berns, 17, Public Face of a Rare Illness, Is DeadJan. 13, 2014. Share full article. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images. Sam Berns, a Massachusetts high school junior whose life with the illness progeria was the subject of a documentary film...
- Beloved teen Sam Berns dies at 17 after suffering from rare diseaseSam Berns became a national figure for going public in his life with progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes accelerated aging. He died Friday at age 17.
- Sam Berns - WikipediaSam Berns. Sampson Gordon Berns (October 23, 1996 – January 10, 2014) was an American activist with progeria, an extremely rare and fatal disease that causes the body to age rapidly. Berns helped raise awareness about the disease [1] [2] and he was the subject of the HBO documentary Life According to Sam, which was first screened in January 2013.
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