Beloved Teen Sam Berns Whose Battle Against Rare Disease Is Told In HBO Documentary, Dies Hours Before He Was To Be N.E. Patriots Honorary Captain
Jan. 12 2014, Published 11:01 a.m. ET
Sam Berns, whose story is told in the currently-airing HBO documentary, Life According to Sam, died Friday at the age of 17.
Sam suffered from the rare disease, Progeria, which causes premature and accelerated aging but he never allowed it to stop him from living every day to the fullest.
He was a diehard New England Patriots fan and had been invited to be on the field with the team, as