Sam Berns lost his well-publicized battle against progeria, a disease which causes premature aging. The Heroic Teen Featured In HBO’s ‘Life According To Sam’ Documentary Has Passed Away ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A teenager whose battle with a rare genetic condition that accelerates the aging process became the subject of an HBO documentary has died. Sam Berns was 17. Berns, of ...

HBO Fall Documentary Series continues with Life According to Sam, tonight at 9:00 pm ET. In 1998, Dr. Leslie Gordon and Dr. Scott Berns learned that their two-year-old son, Sam, had progeria, a ...

Sam Berns, Remarkable 17-Year-Old with Rare Aging Disease, Dies. ... “To me, he was a star,” Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary Films, told PEOPLE on Sunday morning, ...

Sam Berns, the Massachusetts teen whose battle with the premature aging disease progeria was the subject of the HBO documentary, 'Life According to Sam,' died January 11, 2014.

Sam Berns, whose premature aging condition was featured in an HBO documentary, has died. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app U.S. Politics ...

Sam Berns -- the subject of the Oscar-shortlisted HBO documentary -- died as a result of complications from the extremely rare genetic condition progeria. 17-Year-Old ‘Life According to Sam ...

When we first meet him, Sam Berns is a fairly happy eighth-grader living outside Boston, ... TV REVIEW | HBO documentary follows a family’s hope that a new drug might slow progeria symptoms.

Foxborough’s Sam Berns, a 17-year-old high school student with the very rare premature-aging disease progeria, has died, NewsCenter 5 confirmed.

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"I loved Sam Berns and am richer for having known him," he said. After being introduced to Berns and attending the premiere of the HBO documentary in New York last October, Kraft made a $500,000 ...

It’s a big week for Foxboro teen Sam Berns.The high school junior celebrates his 17th birthday Wednesday, and tonight at 9, the avid sports fan makes his debut on HBO.“Life According to… ...