The story of Sam Berns, a 17-year-old from Foxboro with a rare aging disease, took flight and inspired people in the community and around the globe. Berns lost his fight with progeria Friday night and ...

Sam Berns died last week, at the age of 17. I never knew him, but he touched my heart -- and those of so many others. I first saw his picture years ago. A teenager weighing 50 pounds and looking like ...

Foxboro got it right when it named the new turf field at Foxboro High School the Sam Berns Community Field in a ceremony attended by Sam's parents and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Last ...

Sam Berns, the teen who became nationally known for his fight against a disease that accelerates aging, from complications of his disorder. As our friends at Shots explained back in September, Sam's ...

FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (AP) - 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 ...

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 Foxborough, ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - 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 ...