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Sam Berns, Boy With 'Aging Disease' Progeria, Dies at 17
ABC News ^
| January 11, 2014
| Gillian Mohney
Posted on 01/12/2014 2:20:53 PM PST by EveningStar
The 17-year-old boy who became the face of the progeria, the "Benjamin Button" disease, has died.
Sam Berns died Friday from complications of the disease. Progeria is a fatal genetic condition that causes rapid aging.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: agingdisease; berns; obit; obituary; patriots; progeria; samberns
To: EveningStar
OK, for about 10 seconds I’m going to like the Pats. That was sweet of them.
Poor kid, may he RIP.
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01/12/2014 2:22:54 PM PST
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jocon307
To: jocon307
Agreed. Sad.
Proves that aging is a disease that might be “curable.”
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posted on
01/12/2014 2:25:57 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: EveningStar
Prayers for the family :(
May be held in the Lord’s arms.
He will know what it is all about and it shall comfort him.
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01/12/2014 2:26:01 PM PST
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freedumb2003
(Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
To: Slings and Arrows
To: EveningStar
To: EveningStar
Stranger than fiction. May God welcome this young man with open arms.
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posted on
01/12/2014 2:47:21 PM PST
by
workerbee
(The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1!)
To: freedumb2003
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posted on
01/12/2014 2:58:30 PM PST
by
bobby.223
(Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
To: dhs12345
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01/12/2014 7:19:16 PM PST
by
Blue Collar Christian
(Vote Democrat. Once you're OK with killing babies the rest is easy. <BCC><)
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